person
Polyphemus
also: the Cyclops
The one-eyed Cyclops of Sicily, son of Neptune, who loved Galatea and killed Acis.
Reading notes
- Letters from the Black Sea §2.2 Polyphemus in his vast cave
Polyphemus, the man-eating Cyclops of Sicily (Aetna); with Antiphates, a figure of the savagery Augustus is not — Ovid reassures Messalinus the prince will hear him.
- Ibis §8 Aetnean shepherd
Polyphemus, the one-eyed Cyclops of Etna, whose blinding Telemus the seer had foretold.
- Ibis §12 Polyphemus
The Cyclops who ate Ulysses' companions in his cave.
- Metamorphoses §13.419 the Cyclops's love
Polyphemus, the one-eyed giant who pursued Galatea.
- Metamorphoses §14.439 his Giant's arm
Polyphemus, the blinded Cyclops; his arm is 'Giant's' for its monstrous size as he hurls crags after the fleeing ship (cf. Odyssey 9).