The Cyclops returned as a boss in Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, where he's quicker, stronger and can execute dashing attacks. The "Red Ogre" version of the Cyclops also appears in the final stretch for the mascot platformer, Wai Wai World 2: SOS!! Parsley Castle. Because of the color scheme used in the Japanese instruction booklet, the Cyclops is shown to be red instead of blue, as depicted in the game itself, and shown with a horn on his forehead, possibly an origin for the "Red Ogre" palette swap found in later games. In Japan, he is also considered an oni from Japanese mythology (usually translated as "Ogre") and is depicted with a single horn on his forehead. Several other Cyclops bosses appeared in that game teamed up with other bosses, such as Mummies and Leviathan. The Cyclops was responsible for turning Sypha Belnades into stone in Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse and then guarded her statue until he was defeated by Trevor Belmont. The next morning, as Polyphemus opens the cave's entrance to let his sheep graze, Odysseus and the rest of his men manage to escape by tying themselves to the animals' undersides. Odysseus manages to get him drunken sleep and blinds him by plunging a giant wooden pole in his only eye. He eats two of them alive that night and two more the next morning. In a famous episode of the Odyssey, Polyphemus traps the hero Odysseus and his men in his cave after they entered to stock on provisions. The epic poet Homer described them as mortal herdsmen, sons of Poseidon, with Polyphemus being the most well known cyclops in history. They also created Poseidon's trident, Artemis's bow and arrows of moonlight, Apollo's bow and arrows of sun rays, and Hades's helmet of darkness, which was given to Perseus on his quest to kill Medusa. The lightning bolts, which became Zeus's main weapons, were forged by them. They fashioned thunderbolts for him to use as weapons and helped him overthrow Cronus and the other Titans. Cronus later freed the cyclopes after he had overthrown Uranus, but later placed them back in Tartarus, where they remained until freed by Zeus. Uranus, fearing their strength, locked them in Tartarus. Polyphemus, by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, 1802 (Landesmuseum Oldenburg). They were often pictured at their forges. They were giants with a single eye in the middle of their foreheads, being strong and stubborn and with a foul disposition. They were described as the sons of Uranus and Gaia, brothers of the Titans, builders and craftsmen. In Greek mythology, the cyclopes were an ancient race of giants - the name literally meaning "round-eyed" or "circle-eyed". 3.2 Wai Wai World 2: SOS!! Parsley Castle.
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