Polyphemus

Polyphemus

Cyclops blinded by Odysseus. [Gk. Myth.: Odyssey]
See: Blindness

Polyphemus

cruel monster; one of the Cyclopes. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey; Rom. Lit.: Aeneid]
See: Giantism

Polyphemus

crushes lover’s lover. [Rom. Lit.: Metamorphoses]
See: Jealousy
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