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ポリュペーモス
Sign in to savePolyphemus (; , ; ) 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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- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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- Polyphemus
- unmarried partner
- Galatea
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- Odyssey
- ethnic group
- cyclops
- different from
- Polyphemus
- name in native language
- Πολύφημος
- worshipped by
- Greek mythology
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Article · 日本語
ポリュペーモス（古希: Πολύφημος, Polyphēmos, ラテン語: Polyphemus）は、ギリシア神話の巨人または人物である。長母音を省略してポリュペモスあるいはポリュフェモスとも表記する。ポリュペーモスとは「名の知られた」という意味である。神話では、一つ目の人食い巨人と、アルゴナウタイの一員である人間、ふたりのポリュペーモスが登場する。
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