Πολύφημος

Πολύφημος -1

• also called simply Κύκλωψ
• (ἄγριος, ἀθεμίστια εἰδώς, ἀνδροφάγος, ἀντίθεος, κρατερός, μεγαλήτωρ, μένος ἄσχετος, πέλωρ).
• One of the Cyclopes (q.v.), son of Poseidon and Thoosa (Od. 1.71).
• Had only one eye (Od. 9.333, 383, 397).
• Odysseus visits his cave in his absence Od. 9.216;
• his cave and flocks described Od. 9.218;
• he returns to the cave and finds Odysseus and his companions there Od. 9.233;
• his greeting and subsequent barbarous behaviour Od. 9.252;
• is blinded Od. 9.371;
• Odysseus and his surviving companions escape him Od. 9.424;
• he prays to Poseidon for vengeance Od. 9.528;
• etc.

Πολύφημος -2

• (ἀντίθεος).
• A warrior of Nestor’s youth Il. 1.264.

Πολύφημος : Polyphēmus. —(1) son of Poseidon and the nymph Thoō¨sa, one of the Cyclōpes, a man-eater, Od. 1.70, Od. 9.371ff.—(2) one of the Lapithae, Il. 1.264.