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Aeneas
The Cyclops is a giant creature with one eye. He falls in love with Galatea and tries to seduce her by trimming his beard and gathering animals for her. Despite the Cyclops’ professions of love, Galatea rejects him for Acis. Angry and envious, the Cyclops chases Galatea and Acis and tries to crush Acis by throwing a mountain at him.
The Cyclops Quotes in Metamorphoses
The Metamorphoses quotes below are all either spoken by The Cyclops or refer to The Cyclops . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Book 15: Pythagoras
Quotes
The earth supplies nourishing food in lavish
abundance; she offers you feasts that demand no slaughter or bloodshed.
[…]
Here is the wondrous wealth which the earth, the kindest of mothers,
produces; and yet you are happy to bite cruel wounds in your victims,
chomping them up with your teeth in the grisly style of the cyclops.
You have no way of relieving the hunger-pangs of your greedy,
uncivilized bellies except by destroying the life of another.
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The Cyclops Quotes in Metamorphoses
The Metamorphoses quotes below are all either spoken by The Cyclops or refer to The Cyclops . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Book 15: Pythagoras
Quotes
The earth supplies nourishing food in lavish
abundance; she offers you feasts that demand no slaughter or bloodshed.
[…]
Here is the wondrous wealth which the earth, the kindest of mothers,
produces; and yet you are happy to bite cruel wounds in your victims,
chomping them up with your teeth in the grisly style of the cyclops.
You have no way of relieving the hunger-pangs of your greedy,
uncivilized bellies except by destroying the life of another.
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
