Who forged the lightning shaft, and gave to Jove
His thunder: they were like unto the gods:
Save that a single ball of sight was fix’d
In their mid-forehead. Cyclops was their name,
From that round eye-ball in their brow infix’d:
And strength and force and manual craft were theirs.
Others again were born from Earth and Heaven:
Three giant sons: strong, dreadful but to name,
Children of glorying valour: Briareus,
Cottus and Gyges: from whose shoulders burst