Cyclop is a photograph by Petros Yiannakas which was uploaded on February 14th, 2013.
Title
Cyclop
Artist
Petros Yiannakas
Medium
Photograph - Macro Photography
Description
A cyclops,in Greek mythology and later Roman mythology,
was a member of a primordial race of giants,
each with a single eye in the middle of his forehead.
The name is widely thought to mean "circle-eyed".
The Cyclopes were huge monsters with frightening features
which liked to eat human beings.
They were leading a debauched life and their works
were always full of force, violence and intrigues.
The Cyclopes had only one eye because they traded one eye
in order to see the future.
The only future they were able to learn after that, was the day of their death.
In general, the Cyclopes had the fame of being great workmen
and were assisting Greek god Hephaestus in constructing the lightnings of Zeus under the volcano of Aetna in Italy.
The Cyclopes were also constructing thick walls,
known as "Cyclopean Walls".
Polyphemus was the most famous Cyclops whom Odysseus encountered after the destruction of Troy and managed to blind in his cave.
Uploaded
February 14th, 2013
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Comments (11)
Lyric Lucas
Congratulations, your creative and unique art work is Featured in the "Out Of The Ordinary 1 A Day" group! 6/11/18 l/f/pin
Barbie Corbett-Newmin
I like the shot and wish you had told us about the shot as well as the mythology.
Colette Hera Guggenheim
Amazing Cyclop Eye Petros ,thank you very much for sharing the great history aswell under the desciption,very interesting to read .,another huge V/f____Honest I´m really a fan of yours ________Colette
Ernestine Manowarda
I love art with a story, I tells me much about the artist, because you can only capture what you see and you can only as you are
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