Polyphemus
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title:
Polyphemus
text:
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 of Euripides is dependent on this episode apart from one detail; Polyphemus is made a pederast in the play. Later Classical writers presented him in their poems as heterosexual and link
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Son of Poseidon and Thoosa in Greek mythology
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphemus
date created:
2001-11-10T19:09:02Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T17:48:28Z
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