~ CYCLADIC    CYCLADIC ISLANDS or ARCHIPELAGO
^             HUNDREDS OF ISLANDS PART OF THE AEGEAN SEA
~ CYCLE       RECURRING EVENT from         see> CALENDAR
              gr KYKLOS = CIRCLE           see> DIA
~ CYCLIADAS   A GENERAL or STRATEGOS OF
              PHILIP V THE MACEDON
~ CYCLONE     VIOLENT CIRCULAR STORM
~ CYCLOPE     biol> med> CREATURES WITH A ROUND OR
                         CIRCULAR SINGLE EYE      see> CYCLOPS
~ CYCLOPEAN   lit+ hx> THE AREA OF ARGOLIS IN GREECE IS CALLED
                       BY EURIPIDES [#] THE "CYCLOPEAN LAND"
              ITS CHIEF CITY WAS MYCENAE AND ITS WALLS WERE
              REMINISCENT OF THOSE IN TIRYNS
~ CYCLOPEDIA  or CYCLOPAEDIA = A COMPREHENSIVE BOOK from
              gr      PAIDEIA  LEARNING   see> ENCYCLOPEDIA
~ CYCLOPES    or KYPLOPES
~ CYCLOPS     describes " WHEEL EYED " GIANTS or
              GIGANTIC MONSTERS
  gr KYKLOS CIRCLE and OPS = EYE
  med> DENOTES ONE EYE or FUSED EYES from
  biol> CYCLOPES CYCLOPHIS CYCLOPIA CYCLOPIDAE
        CYCLOPIDUS CYCLOPTERUS CYCLOPTERIDAE
  CYCLOPTERICHTHYS CYCLOPION are terms to emphasize
  a MEDIAN EYE used to describe many organisms incl
  mamm  bot  pisc  rept
  also the insect CICADA implies the concept CYCLE
  myth> or KYKLOPES SPRUNG FROM THE FIRST PAIR
        GAEA & URANOS or URANUS
  URANUS BECAME CONCERNED ABOUT
  THE POWER AND FIERCENESS OF THE CYCLOPS
  URANOS CAST THEM BACK INTO THE WOMB OF THE EARTH
  WHEN ZEUS REVOLTED AGAINST URANOS HE RELEASED THEM
  IN GRATITUDE THE CYCLOPS FASHIONED
  THE THUNDERBOLT FOR ZEUS AND
  ZEUS BECAME KNOWN AS THE THUNDERER  sug> THOR
  THE CYCLOPS MADE A HELMET FOR       sug> CAP CAPACITY
  HADES TO MAKE DEATH INVISIBLE       sug> MARA  MERCY  GRACE
  also A TRIDENT FOR POSEIDON         sug> UKRAINIAN SEAL
  SOME SAY THERE WERE THREE CYCLOPS   sug> TRICYCLE
  BRONTES THE THUNDERER               sug> BRONTOSAURUS
  STEROPES THE LIGHTENING and
  ARGES THE STREAM OF LIGHT           sug> ARGOS
  HOMER ALSO SPEAKS OF POLYPHEMOS from
  gr POLYPHEME = GIANT
  THE CYCLOPS WERE REPRESENTED AS HAVING
  ONE LARGE FLASHING EYE
  as the PERSONIFICATION OF A STORM CLOUD
  WITH FLASHES OF DESTRUCTIVE LIGHTNING AND
  THUNDER OR STORMS OR VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
  THE KYKLOPES WERE SUPPOSED TO BE
  VOLCANOES or         sug> VULCAN
  LIVE IN THE HEART OF BURNING MOUNTAINS
  as in sug> VULCANIZE
  MOSTLY WITHIN MOUNT AETNA or ETNA
  IN SICILY
  THE TRIO OF KYKLOPES MAY HAVE BEEN
  ASSISTANTS OF VULCAN
  art> THE CYCLOPEAN WALLS ARE
       AN ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENON
  THE TERM CYCLOPENA NOW denotes
  A TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION
  MOSTLY FOUND IN THE PALACE OF KING AGAMEMNON
  alt APOLLO KILLED THE CYCLOPS
  IN REVENGE FOR THEIR GIFT TO ZEUS
  OF THE THUNDER BECAUSE ZEUS USED IT
  TO KILL see> ESCULAPIUS
  WHO WAS THE BELOVED SON OF APOLLO
  ZEUS PUNISHED APOLLO FOR KILLING THE CYCLOPS
  BY MAKING APOLLO A SLAVE TO A MORTAL
  note CYCLOPEDIA and ENCYCLOPEDIA
       CYCLONE  CYCLADID  CYCLE
  CYCLOPE  CYCLADES  GRAEAE
  also ARGES  POLYPHEMOS or POLYPHEMUS
        ENCYCLICAL  CYCLOPES
  ply> | CYCLOPS GAVE AN ENCYCLOPEDIA
         THAT SERVED CYCLICALLY
         TO GENERATE ENCYCLICALS AND CYCLONES |

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