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  1. Polyphemus - Wikipedia

    • During the seventh century, the potters gave preference to scenes from both epics, The Odyssey and the Iliad, almost half being that of the blinding of the Cyclops and the ruse by which Odysseus and his men escape. [9] One such episode, on a vase featuring the hero carried beneath a sheep, was used on a 27 drachma Greek postage stamp in 1983. [10]… See more

    Overview

    Polyphemus is the one-eyed giant son of Poseidon and Thoosa in Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes described in See more

    Odysseus and Polyphemus

    In Homer's epic, Odysseus lands on the island of the Cyclopes during his journey home from the Trojan War and, together with some of his men, enters a cave filled with provisions. When the giant Polyphemu… See more

    Polyphemus and Galatea

    Writing more than three centuries after the Odyssey is thought to have been composed, Philoxenus of Cythera took up the myth of Polyphemus in his poem Cyclops or Galatea. The poem was written to be perfor… See more

    Other uses

    Polyphemus is mentioned in the "Apprentice" chapter of Albert Pike's Morals and Dogma (1871), as, within Scottish Rite Freemasonry, Polyphemus is regarded as a symbol for a civilization that harms itself using ill dir… See more

    In popular culture

    Polyphemus features in Rick Riordan's Greek mythology fantasy series Percy Jackson & the Olympians and serves as an antagonist in the second installment, The Sea of Monsters. See more

     
  1. Polyphemos Painter - Wikipedia

  2. Cyclops Vase - Etsy

  3. Polyphemus & Odysseus - Ancient Greek Vase Painting - THEOI …

  4. Odysseus & Polyphemus - Ancient Greek Vase Painting - THEOI …

  5. The Blinding of Polyphemus - World History …

    Dec 17, 2014 · Illustration. Funerary Proto-Attic Amphora with a depiction of the blinding of the cyclops Polyphemus by Odysseus and his companions, 670-660 BCE (Eleusis Museum, Greece).

  6. Head of Polyphemos – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

  7. calyx-krater - British Museum

    Pottery: red-figured calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) showing four draped youths. On the other side is a scene of Odysseus and his companions preparing to blind the Cyclops. Two satyrs appear on the right, suggesting that …

  8. Scenes from the Odyssey in Ancient Art - OUPblog

    Jul 10, 2014 · The Ancient Greeks were incredibly imaginative and innovative in their depictions of scenes from The Odyssey, painted onto vases, kylikes, wine jugs, or mixing bowls. Many of Homer’s epic scenes can be found on these …

  9. Odysseus Blinding the Cyclops - World History …

    Dec 30, 2012 · A polychrome Krater fragment (mid 7th century BCE) depicting the blinding of the Cyclops Polyphemus, one of Odysseus' many adventures on his long voyage home to Ithaka following the Trojan War. (Argos Archaeological …

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