A look at Cyclops

The Greeks and Romans believed that Cyclops were a race of Giants with only one, central eye. These myths may have been influenced by the skulls of elephants with the misinterpretation of the nasal cavity as an eye socket and its large size.

However, its is also the possibility that Cyclops did exist as victims of a congenital abnormality. Today, science and doctors call this phenomenon "Cylopia" based on the Greek myth. Cyclopia is a birth defect that causes one eye, centrally located in the nasal cavity.