I mean...how might the cyclopes represent what the greeks held to be monstrous? what qualities do the story and the greeks seem to value?
2007-01-15 11:53:36 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
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2007-01-15 13:14:36 · answer #1 · answered by Byzantino 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, as previously stated the obvious characteristics that make the cyclops barbaric and monstrous is the one eye and his large size.
But another part of it is that Greek's believed that the guests were gifts of the gods, and that good hospitality was important. The cyclops had a barbaric outlook on hospitality, by of course eating his guests rather than providing them with food. Which also characterized the Cyclops as being monstrous and barbaric
2007-01-16 07:26:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
First off the cyclopes was a freak of nature, That did not represent the beauty that was Greeks, And also he was an cannibal which was a double negative as far as the Greeks were concern............ And according to historical record, Nothing was ever the Greek faults. Things happen because of the intervention of the Gods, or whatever... Which is why it was ok for the beautiful people to steal from something ugly which cause the cyclopes to react in the manner that it did.....
2007-01-15 12:18:13 · answer #3 · answered by kilroymaster 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, ancient Greeks believed that anyone who wasn't Greek, was a barbarian, so there is your initial answer. What makes the cyclops so monstrous was that he ate humans as meals and killed man indiscriminately.
2007-01-15 12:22:40 · answer #4 · answered by vlfranklin1999 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-02 08:21:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are not hospitable to guests -- Odysseus's men were guests, but the cyclopes did not welcome them and ate some of them
in greek culture back then, they believed in serving guests/strangers, no matter who they are or where they're from. they ate/drank first, then introduced themselves and explain why they came
2007-01-16 09:03:05 · answer #6 · answered by laughalot 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, they have only one large eye, they are huge and clumzy, they live off of their sheep for everything including what they wear very crudely, they are ugly and they like to eat people. I think those things qualify for barberism and monstrousness.
2007-01-15 12:04:05 · answer #7 · answered by Pip 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He had a bad habit of staring at people.
2007-01-15 12:30:57 · answer #8 · answered by Mr Spock 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One big eye.
2007-01-15 12:00:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋