I am reading 'The Odyssey' and one of the characters is a cyclopse. I am just wondering what a 3 eyed one would be called.
2007-11-27 07:09:45 · 5 answers · asked by taylor8423 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
No, it would probably be triops as ops is the root for eye.
An interesting aside, cyclopes was probably created to explain a mammoth skull viewed from the front. The skull looks like a human one but has a single hole in the center.
2007-11-27 07:17:24 · answer #1 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Funnily enough, cyclops (note the spelling) doesn't mean 'one eye' it means 'round eyed'. It is possible that someone with three eyes could be called a triclops though.
Edit - Prirate AM⢠has it right. It would actually be triops.
2007-11-27 15:22:48 · answer #2 · answered by JC 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. as a two eyed person would be called a bi-clopse.
2007-11-27 15:18:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i believe it is triclopse or a cyclopse cubed :P
2007-11-27 15:17:34 · answer #4 · answered by matt m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
triclopse
2007-11-29 09:37:42 · answer #5 · answered by myangel_101211 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋