The seeing world is dominated with eyes that come in sets of two or more. But single-eyed oddities have long had a place in the animal kingdom — and our imagination.
Perhaps the most famed of these creatures is the Cyclops Polyphemus. He appears in The Odyssey, an ancient Greek tale by Homer. It got turned into a live-action movie earlier this year. As Odysseus and his men reached the island of Sicily on their epic journey home, they found a formidable foe. This giant, one-eyed creature had a taste for sailors. As chronicled in the tale, the Cyclops held the men captive, then ate them two-by-two — until he was outsmarted.
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