In Hesiod the Cyclopes were three sons of
Uranus and Gaea--Arges, Brontes, and Steropes (Bright, Thunderer, Lightener)--who forged the thunderbolts of
Zeus. Later authors made them the workmen of
Hephaestus and said that
Apollo killed them for making the thunderbolt that slew his son
Asclepius.
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