Pol·y·phe·mus 
(pŏl′ə-fēməs)
(pŏl′ə-fēməs)n.
Greek Mythology
Greek Mythology
The Cyclops who confined Odysseus and his companions in a cave until Odysseus blinded him and escaped.
[Latin Polyphēmus, from Greek Poluphēmos, from poluphēmos, famous : polu-, much; see POLY- + phēmē, saying, report; see bhā-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]