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Polyphemus


Pol·y·phe·mus

P0428100 (pŏl′ə-fē′məs)n. 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- in Indo-European roots.]

Polyphemus

(ˌpɒlɪˈfiːməs) n (Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a cyclops who imprisoned Odysseus and his companions in his cave. To effect his escape, Odysseus blinded him

Pol•y•phe•mus

(ˌpɒl əˈfi məs)

n. a Cyclops who was blinded by Odysseus.
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Polyphemus


Polyphemus

(pŏlĭfē`məs), in Greek mythology, a Cyclops. He was a shepherd and the son of Poseidon. In the Odyssey, Polyphemus imprisoned Odysseus and his men in his cave. They gave him wine and then, when he was drunk, they blinded him and escaped, hiding under Polyphemus' sheep as they left the cave. A later legend tells of the giant's futile love for the nymph GalateaGalatea
, in Greek mythology. 1 Sea nymph, daughter of Nereus and Doris. She was loved by the brutish Polyphemus, a Cyclops who wooed her with love songs; but Galatea loved Acis, the handsome son of a river nymph.
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Polyphemus

Cyclops blinded by Odysseus. [Gk. Myth.: Odyssey]See: Blindness

Polyphemus

cruel monster; one of the Cyclopes. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey; Rom. Lit.: Aeneid]See: Giantism

Polyphemus

crushes lover’s lover. [Rom. Lit.: Metamorphoses]See: Jealousy
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