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Let \(F_n\) be the free group on \(n\) free generators \(x_1,x_2, \dots, x_n\), and let \(\theta:F_n\to F_n\) be the automorphism of order \(n\) defined by \(\theta(x_i)= x_{i+1}\), where the indices are taken mod \(n\). For a reduced word \(w\) in \(F_n\), the cyclically presented group \(G_n(w)\) is given by \(F_n/R\), where \(R\) is the normal closure in \(F_n\) of the set \(\{w,\theta(w), \dots, \theta^{n-1}(w)\}\). A group \(G\) is said to have a cyclic presentation if it is isomorphic to \(G_n(w)\) for some \(n\) and \(w\). The connection between cyclically presented groups and cyclic branched coverings of knots and links has been investigated by many authors (see for example the references of the paper). In this pleasant paper the authors study the cyclically presented groups which arise as fundamental groups of cyclic branched coverings of the 2-bridge knot \(5_2\) , that is the closure of the rational (7/3)-tangle. The fundamental polyhedra for these groups are constructed, and then the cyclic covering manifolds are obtained by Dehn surgery along special chains of circles and as 2-fold branched coverings of the 3-sphere, branched over the Fox-Artin knots.