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Definitions of cyclopean in various dictionaries:
adj - of or relating to or resembling the Cyclops
Often Cyclopean.
Of or constituting a primitive style of masonry characterized by the use of massive stones of irregular shape and size.
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of or relating to or resembling the Cyclops |
Denoting a type of ancient masonry made with massive irregular blocks. |
Of or resembling a Cyclops. |
Relating to or suggestive of a Cyclops: a great Cyclopean monocle. |
Very big huge: has a cyclopean ego. |
Of or constituting a primitive style of masonry characterized by the use of massive stones of irregular shape and size. |
Cyclopean might refer to |
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Cyclopean masonry is a type of stonework found in Mycenaean architecture, built with massive limestone boulders, roughly fitted together with minimal clearance between adjacent stones and no use of mortar. The boulders typically seem unworked, but some may have been worked roughly with a hammer and the gaps between boulders filled in with smaller chunks of limestone. * The most famous examples of Cyclopean masonry are found in the walls of Mycenae and Tiryns, and the style is characteristic of Mycenaean fortifications. Similar styles of stonework are found in other cultures and the term has come to be used to describe typical stonework of this sort, such as the old city walls of Rajgir.The term comes from the belief of classical Greeks that only the mythical Cyclopes had the strength to move the enormous boulders that made up the walls of Mycenae and Tiryns. Pliny's Natural History reported the tradition attributed to Aristotle, that the Cyclopes were the inventors of masonry towers, giv |