Cyclops
Κύκλωψ
Giants with a single eye in the middle of the forehead.
Hesiod's Cyclopes are smiths — the craftsmen who forged Zeus's thunderbolt.
Homer's Cyclopes are lawless, brutish shepherds; one of them, Polyphemus, devours Odysseus's men.
Odysseus blinds that eye and escapes — earning the wrath of Polyphemus's father, Poseidon.
SourcesHomer, Odyssey