, have brought great confusion upon this history.
The Cyclopians were denominated from [Greek: Kuklops], Cyclops, the same as
Coelus. According to Parmeno Byzantinus, he was the God [543]Nilus of
Egypt, who was the same as [544]Zeus, and Osiris. The history both of the
Deity, and of the people, became in time obsolete: and it has been rendered
more obscure by the mixed manner in which it has been represented by the
Poets.

It is generally agreed by writers upon the subject, that the Cyclopians
were of a size superior to the common race of mankind. Among the many
tribes of the Amonians, which went abroad, were to be found people, who
were styled [545]Anakim, and were descended from the sons of Anac: so that
this history, though carried to a great excess, was probably founded in
truth. They were particularly famous for architecture; which they
introduced into Greece, as we are told by [546]Herodotus: and in all parts,
whither they came, they erected noble structures, which were remarkable for
their height and beauty: and were often dedicated to the chief Deity, the
Sun, under the name of Elorus, and P'elorus. People were so struck with
their grandeur, that they called every thing great and stupendous,
Pelorian. And when they described the Cyclopians as a lofty towering race,
they came at last to borrow their ideas of this people from the towers, to
which they alluded. They supposed them in height to reach to the clouds;
and in bulk to equal the promontories, on which they were founded. Homer
says of Polyphemus,

[547][Greek: Kai gar thaum' etetukto pelorion, oude eoikei]
[Greek: Andri ge sitophagoi, alla rhioi huleenti.]

Virgil says of the same person,

[548]Ipse arduus, altaque pulsat sidera.

As these buildings were oftentimes light-houses, and had in their upper
story one round casement, Argolici clypei, aut Phoebeae lampadis instar, by
which they afforded light in the night-season; the Greeks made this a
characteristic of the people. They supposed this aperture to have been an
eye, which was fiery, and glaring, and placed in the middle of their
foreheads. Hence Callimachus describes them as a monstrous race:

[549][Greek: aina Pelora,]
[Greek: Preosin Osseioisin eoikota; pasi d' hup' ophrun]
[Greek: Phaea mounoglena sakei isa tetraboeioi.]

The Grecians have so confounded the Cyclopian Deity with his votaries, that
it is difficult to speak precisely of either. They sometimes mention