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  1. Polyphemus – Mythopedia

    Mar 22, 2023 · Polyphemus’ showdown with Odysseus was a common subject for painters, potters, and sculptors from the very beginning, with the myth of Polyphemus and Galatea becoming popular later …

  2. Cyclops (Play) – Mythopedia

    Jul 6, 2023 · Euripides’ Cyclops is the only surviving satyr play from antiquity. It is a burlesque retelling of the myth of Odysseus and the Cyclops Polyphemus.

  3. Odyssey: Book 9 (Full Text) - Mythopedia

    The giant Polyphemus and his cave described; the usage Ulysses and his companions met with there; and, lastly, the method and artifice by which he escaped. Then thus Ulysses: “Thou whom first in …

  4. Cyclopes – Mythopedia

    Mar 22, 2023 · The Cyclopes were huge creatures whose defining characteristic was a single large eye in the middle of their forehead. There were three different kinds of Cyclopes: the Uranian Cyclopes, …

  5. Odysseus – Mythopedia

    Apr 28, 2023 · There, the brutal Cyclops Polyphemus captured Odysseus and a few of his men, trapping them in his cave. Polyphemus picked off Odysseus’ men two by two, killing and eating them. But …

  6. Nereids – Mythopedia

    Mar 11, 2023 · The Nereids were the fifty daughters of the sea gods Nereus and Doris. Numbered among the nymphs—female divinities who took the form of beautiful young women—the Nereids …

  7. Poseidon – Mythopedia

    May 8, 2023 · Poseidon was a powerful (and unruly) Olympian god. He presided over the seas, seafarers, earthquakes, and horses and was easily recognized by his fearsome trident.

  8. Metamorphoses: Book 13 (Full Text) - Mythopedia

    The Story of Acis, Polyphemus and Galatea Acis, the lovely youth, whose loss I mourn, From Faunus, and the nymph Symethis born, Was both his parents’ pleasure; but, to me Was all that love could …

  9. Uranian Cyclopes – Mythopedia

    Mar 25, 2023 · The Uranian Cyclopes—named Brontes, Steropes, and Arges—were children of Gaia and Uranus and loyal allies of the Olympians. Master craftsmen, they frequently fashioned weapons, …

  10. Odyssey: Book 11 (Full Text) - Mythopedia

    Argument The Descent into Hell Ulysses continues his narration. How he arrived at the land of the Cimmerians, and what ceremonies he performed to invoke the dead. The manner of his descent, and …