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Cyclops

(sī`klŏps), plural Cyclopes (sīklō`pēz), in Greek mythology, immense one-eyed beings. They appear in at least two distinct traditions. According to Hesiod the Cyclopes were smiths, the sons of Uranus and Gaea. They were imprisoned in Tartarus by their father and again by their brother Kronos. In return for their freedom they gave Zeus the thunderbolt that aided him in overthrowing Kronos. In Homer the Cyclopes are a lawless, barbarous, and pastoral people, one of whom (PolyphemusPolyphemus
, in Greek mythology, a Cyclops. He was a shepherd and the son of Poseidon. In the Odyssey, Polyphemus imprisoned Odysseus and his men in his cave. They gave him wine and then, when he was drunk, they blinded him and escaped, hiding under Polyphemus' sheep as
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Cyclops

Classical myth one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of the forehead, encountered by Odysseus in the Odyssey

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Sagittal sections were very suggestive of Cyclops syndrome, with neoproliferative fibrous nodule in front of the neo ligament, producing impingement of the inter-condylar notch (Figure-1 and 2)

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Following a discussion with the patient, she was offered arthroscopic debridement of the cyclops lesion.

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13) The past-associations of the episode are heightened by the vague temporal demarcation of the adventure from within Odysseus's overarching narrative: the Cyclops episode appears as the third, after the Cicones and the Lotus-Eaters, of a series of mishaps that afflicted the Greek hero and his crewmen on their way home from Troy.

Intertextualizing polyphemus: politics and ideology in Walcott's Odyssey

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Although some Cyclops portables have an on-board storage facility, until now analysis has been limited to determining the highest, lowest and average temperatures, and the data is lost when the instrument is switched off.

New temperature data logging system for pocket PC

Steve Wreford, of Cyclops, says: "Clarification of the changes in the law for drivers will unlock significant demand from consumers who have been unsure of the legality of the different systems on the market.

Focus is on camera detectors

Cyclops managing director Steve Wreford says: 'The fear is that as the number of penalised motorists rises, along with the number of cameras, a culture of nondeclaration will emerge as premiums begin to soar.

MOTOR MAX: Speeders face huge rise in premiums

1 percent more units since August 2002 and Scotland where, according to Cyclops, the number of speed cameras rose by 11.

Massive rise in speed cameras in North

In spite of the increases around the country,according to Cyclops you are still most likely to be caught speeding on camera in the south east.

Motor Max: Smile, you'reon camera

The new deal will see the market leading Cyclops system being sold across Peugeot s entire car and LCV model range.

Cyclops system a very useful accessory

For the French marque have now added the latest Cyclops GPS Driver Safety System to their approved accessory list.