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We read,
[οί
δή τοι τά μέν άλλα θεοίς εναλίγκιοι ήσαν, μούνος δ` οφθαλμός
μέσσω ενέκειτο μετόπω. Κύκλωπες δ` όνομ` ήσαν επώνυμον, ουνέκ`
άρά σφεων κυκλοτερής οφθαλμός έεις ενέκειτο μετώπω ισχύς δ` ηδέ
βίη καί μηχαναί ήσαν έπ` έργοις.]
 Cyclops (=Κύκλωπες) took their names
of the technique to build big and strong walls (Cyclopean
walls)
the shape of a circle living a small opening as a
passage protecting their cave and stock. The myth that Cyclops were monsters
with one eye is not a fact, but they considered as strong wealthy selfish and
ruthless
(not having an eye for the poor),
they were the first herdsman
people to capture the animals and
breed them (no cultivators), and to create the first communities.
(in Homer Odyssey lines 382
- 390: Cyclop Polyphemus is not mentioned to have one eye
but with eyebrows and eyelashes when Odysseus and his
men blinded him). |
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Centaurs took their names from chasing oxen and other
livestock on a horseback they considered as the first
(cowboys), The myth that Centaurs
where monsters half man and
half horse is not true, and no female Centaurs ever been
mentioned. Wild horses existed plentiful on
many Greek regions, a wild horse figure engraved on stone
shown below from Paleolithic age was found at Pelion (Volos
museum).
Man's names
Ιππόστρατος, Ιπποδάτης, Ιππιοχάρμης,
Philippus,
etc. and
female given names Ιππου-κρήνη
(Ίππος-hippos=horse),
Ιπποθόη, Ιππονόη, Ιππώ, etc we
find in «Theogony» also names were given
to horses.
Many of this Centaurs considered as wise and skillful in
medicine and pottery (the name Pelion originates from
mixing Πηλό-pilos=clay
for pottery).
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