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#Polyphemus

The Cyclops blinded by Odysseus; son of Poseidon.

A Roman fresco in the Third Style: the Cyclops Polyphemus, a giant seated in a landscape, receives the cup of wine as the sea-nymph Galatea rides a dolphin across the sea at the panel's edge, under a violet-blue sky.
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Odysseus and the Cyclops

He beat a giant with a lie and a sharpened stake, then threw it all away for the pleasure of hearing the monster learn his name.

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