E. Cobham Brewer 18101897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Cyclopean Masonry.
The old Pelasgic ruins of Greece, Asia Minor, and Italy, such as the Gallery of Tiryns, the Gate of Lyons, the Treasury of Athens, and the Tombs of Phorneus (3 syl.) and Danaos. They are said to have been the work of the Cyclops. They are huge
blocks fitted together without mortar, with marvellous nicety.