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Monopod (creature)
Monopods (also sciapods, skiapods, skiapodes) are mythological human creatures with a single, large foot extending from a leg centered in the middle of their bodies. The name ''Skiapodes'' is derived from σκιάποδες - "shadow feet" in Greek, ''monopod'' from 'one legged' in Greek.
==In Ancient Greece and Rome==
Monopods appear in Aristophanes' play ''The Birds'', first performed in 414 BC. They are described by Pliny the Elder in his ''Natural History'', where he reports travelers' stories from encounters or sightings of Monopods in India. Pliny remarks that they are first mentioned by Ctesias in his book ''Indika'' (India), a record of the view of Persians of India which only remains in fragments. Pliny describes Monopods like this:
Philostratus mentions Skiapodes in his ''Life of Apollonius of Tyana'', which was cited by Eusebius in his ''Treatise Against Hierocles''. Apollonius of Tyana believes the Skiapodes live in India and Ethiopia, and asks the Indian sage Iarkhas about their existence.
St. Augustine (354–430) mentions the "Skiopodes" in ''The City of God'', Book 16, chapter 8 entitled, "Whether Certain Monstrous Races of Men Are Derived From the Stock of Adam or Noah's Sons."
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