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Polyphemus (; , ; ) is the one-eyed giant son of Poseidon and Thoosa in Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes described in Homer's Odyssey. His name means "abounding in songs and legends", "many-voiced" or "very famous". Polyphemus first appeared as a savage man-eating giant in the ninth book of the Odyssey. The satyr play Cyclops by Euripides is dependent on this episode with some differences in the story and while also being more comedic in nature. Later Classical writers that presented him in their poems linked his name with the nymph Galatea as he tried to seduce her. Often he was portrayed

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9896 - Ulysses and Polyphemos, (2nd century AD) - Catania, Castello Ursino - Photo by Giovanni Dall'Orto, October 28 2016 cropped.jpg
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Polyphemus' blinding by Odysseus and his men on a 2nd-century Roman sarcophagus, Castello Ursino Museum
Mythical creature.name
Polyphemus
Mythical creature.Folklore
Greek mythology
Mythical creature.Grouping
Cyclopes
Mythical creature.Family
Poseidon (father) Thoosa (mother)
Mythical creature.Region
Sicily

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Instance of
cyclops
Gender
male
Father
Poseidon
Mother
Thoosa
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Polyphemus
unmarried partner
Galatea
present in work
Odyssey
ethnic group
cyclops
different from
Polyphemus
name in native language
Πολύφημος
worshipped by
Greek mythology
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