Polyphemus Research Paper

Polyphemus, which means “Abounding in Songs and Legends” is a cyclopes. A cyclopes is a giant with one eye in the center of their forehead. Polyphemus is the Son of Poseidon, the god of the sea, earthquakes, and horses. His mother is Thoosa, a sea nymph. Polyphemus is a cyclopes on the island of Sicily. One day, on his way back from the trojan, Odysseus and his men stopped on the island and traveled into Polyphemus’s cave. Later the giant returned with his sheep and sealed the cave with a giant boulder. Polyphemus killed 2 out of the twelve men of Odysseus’s team. In the morning he ate another two men. The giant left with his flock, and sealed the men in the cave for later consumption. This gave the Greeks time to think of a plan. When Polyphemus