[275] οὐ γὰρ Κύκλωπες. This is inconsistent with what the Cyclopes acknowledged about the power of Zeus, inf. 410; and with Polyphemus' boast that Poseidon was his father. But as a piece of impious boasting, such inconsistency is quite true to nature. On this braggadocio of Polyphemus the Schol. remarks, “τὸ ἴδιον ἁμάρτημα ἑαυτοῦ ὁ Πολύφημος κοινὸν ποιεῖται: ὅτι γὰρ οἱ ἄλλοι Κύκλωπες οὐκ ἦσαν ἄθεοι, φησί, ‘νοῦσον δ᾽ οὔ πως ἔστι Διὸς μεγάλου ἀλέασθαι”.’ Cp.
.“ Ζηνὸς δ᾽ ἐγὼ κεραυνὸν οὐ φρίσσω, ξένε,
οὐδ᾽ οἶδ᾽ ὅτι Ζεύς ἐστ᾽ ἐμοῦ κρείσσων θεός
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