Polyphemus

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

ancient Greek satyr play by Euripides

In Greek mythology, Thoosa (, ), also spelled Thoösa, was, according to Homer, the sea nymph daughter of the primordial sea god Phorcys, and the mother, by Poseidon, of the Cyclops Polyphemus.

thumb|right|235px|Illyrius and his kin

masque by Handel (1718)

couple in Greek mythology

Telemus () was a figure of Greek mythology, a prophet, son of Eurymus or of Proteus and Psamathe. Telemus warned the Cyclops Polyphemus that he would lose his sight to a man named Odysseus.

island group

opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully

1905 film by Georges Méliès

In Greek mythology, Celtus (; Keltos ) may refer to three various figures:

painting by Odilon Redon

painting by Nicolas Poussin

ancient site in Greece

1962 film by Mario Caiano

painting by J. M. W. Turner

Ancient Roman sculptures, rediscovered 1957

ancient Greek proto-attic Vase painter

cantata

river in eastern Sicily

In Greek mythology, Galas (; Ancient Greek: Γάλας Gálas) was the eponymous founder of the Gauls. He was the son of Polyphemos and Galatea and the brother of Illyrius and Celtus.

sculpture by Auguste Rodin