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Polyphemus

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Pol·y·phe·mus  (pl-fms)
n. Greek Mythology
The Cyclops who confined Odysseus and his companions in a cave until Odysseus blinded him and escaped.
[Latin Polyphmus, from Greek Poluphmos, from poluphmos, famous : polu-, much; see poly- + phm, saying, report; see bh-2 in Indo-European roots.]


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Bear in mind, however, that Neptune is still furious with Ulysses for having blinded an eye of Polyphemus king of the Cyclopes.
The Odyssey by Homer View in context
"But," continued the wise Ulysses, "you must remember, my good friends, our misadventure in the cavern of one-eyed Polyphemus, the Cyclops
Tanglewood Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
Never again can I behold such men as Pirithous and Dryas shepherd of his people, or as Caeneus, Exadius, godlike Polyphemus, and Theseus son of Aegeus, peer of the immortals.
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