Polyphemus

Polyphēmus, ī, m.: a cyclops, son of Neptune, 3.657.

Pŏlyphēmus (-os), i, m., = Πολύφημος.

• The one-eyed Cyclops in Sicily, son of Neptune, who was blinded by Ulysses, Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 115; Ov. M. 13, 772; 14, 167; Mart. 4, 49, 6; Juv. 14, 20; 9, 64; Hyg. Fab. 125; cf. Verg. A. 3, 618 sq.—
• II One of the Argonauts, Hyg. Fab. 14.

Pŏlўphēmus (-mŏs), ī, m. (Πολύφημος), ¶ 1 Polyphème [géant, fils de Neptune, un des Cyclopes] : Cic. Tusc. 5, 115 ; Ov. M. 13, 772 ¶ 2 un des Argonautes : Hyg. Fab. 14.

Polyphēmus

(Πολύφημος). The son of Poseidon and the nymph. Thoösa; the one-eyed Cyclops, who held Odysseus prisoner in his cave and ate several of the companions, until the hero made him drunk and blinded him. Later legends made him the lover of the beautiful nymph Galatea. See Acis; Cyclopes; Galatea; Odysseus.