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allmesopotamia: If you thought Odysseus was the only guy to fight a Cyclops, well, you’re wrong. Mesopotamian terracotta relief from Khafaje, Iraq, c. 1700 BC, showing a god cutting a one-eyed female demon down the middle. Rays come from her head and her hands are tied behind her back. {Text from: http://wps.ablongman.com/long_powell_cm_7/212/54492/13950155.cw/-/13950214/index.html} [Iraqi National Museum]

allmesopotamia:

If you thought Odysseus was the only guy to fight a Cyclops, well, you’re wrong.


Mesopotamian terracotta relief from Khafaje, Iraq, c. 1700 BC, showing a god cutting a one-eyed female demon down the middle. Rays come from her head and her hands are tied behind her back.

{Text from: http://wps.ablongman.com/long_powell_cm_7/212/54492/13950155.cw/-/13950214/index.html}

[Iraqi National Museum]

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