.’ Conybeare) (Greek biography C1st to C2nd A.D.) : Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 1. "Like Antiphates and Polyphemos who devoured men. Polyphemus began to scream, begging the other giants on the island to help him. Surely the poet's skill is sovereign remedy for all ill.", Philostratus the Elder, Imagines 2. "Polyphemos (Polyphemus) is said not only to have loved Galatea but to have fathered a son Galatos (Galatus) on her, as Bakkhylides (Bacchylides) testified. The roaring flood does not overwhelm me; if I like I can mount to the starry sky on my goatish feet!’ Had he heard any sound, any words from us, he would have hurled yet another jagged rock and shattered our heads and the boat's timbers, so vast his reach is.’ His mother was Thoosa. Dread of the enmity of Zeus would never move me to spare either you or the comrades with you, if I had no mind to it myself. In a dialogue of Lucian of Samosata, we learn that Doris, a sister of Galatea, was jealous of her sister’s happy love story. : Philoxenus of Cythera, Fragment 818 (from Synesius, Letters) : Philoxenus of Cythera, Fragment 819 (from Scholiast on Aristophanes, Plutus) : Philoxenus of Cythera, Fragment 821 (from Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae) : Philoxenos of Cythera, Fragment 822 (from Plutarch, Table-Talk) : Philoxenus of Cythera, Fragment 822 (from Scholiast on Theocritus 11) : Philoxenus of Cythera, Fragment 823 (from Suidas) : Philoxenus of Cythera, Fragment 824 (from Zenobius, Proverbs) : Theocritus, Idylls 6 (trans.
. "[Athene addresses Odysseus on the island of the Phaiakes (Phaeacians) :] ‘My heart knew well that you would return [to Ithaka], though after the loss of all your comrades, but I had no mind to challenge Poseidon, my father's [Zeus'] brother, who had stored up rancour of heart against you because of the blinding of his son [Polyphemos].’", Homer, Odyssey 12. ‘Such was his vain lament; then up he rose (I saw it all) as a fierce thwarted bull roams through the woodlands and familiar fields, and, spying in his rage Acis and me, all unaware and fearing no such fate, shouted "I see you; now I shall make sure that loving fond embrace shall be your last." Select Papyri III, No. He drank and demanded more, and after drinking that, asked Odysseus his name. So I countered him with crafty words : ‘My ship was shattered by Poseidon . "Galatea beneath savage Aetna (Etna) turned her dripping horses at the sound of Polyphemus' serenade. Then the Kyklops lifted up a stone (it was much larger than the first); he whirled it and flung it, putting vast strength into the throw; the stone came down a little astern of the dark-prowed vessel, just short of the tip of the steering-oar. Having quickly despatched these tasks of his, he rekindled the fire and spied ourselves. Hearing that, she's all consumed with spite, and frenzied spies, form the sea, on my cave and flocks. I found them and I said "She shall have all these; I'll keep them for my mistress for her own. Athenian Red Figure Vase Painting C5th B.C. "He [Odysseus] shall see the dwelling of the one-eyed lion [Polyphemos], offering in his hands to that flesh-eater the cup of the vine as an after-supper draught. . Many a girlie calls me out to play with her by night, and when I do their bidding, don't they giggle gleefully! He let them out of the cave to eat but because he was unable to see, he felt the back of the sheep, wondering if any of the men who had still been trapped in the cave were riding on them. You love, she flees; and when you leave loving, follows, staking her all upon a desperate move. Answered by jill d #170087 on 1/6/2016 3:07 PM Poseidon is Polyphemus' father.
383, &c.) The Homeric Cyclopes are no longer the servants of Zeus, but they disregard him.
When she's seen enough of this act of mine, perhaps she'll send a messenger; but I'll bar my door, until she vows in person to make my bed up fairly on this isle. I seek no more the Sikelian (Sicilian) Sea; I am terrified at this tremendous flood, and I care nothing for Polyphemos.’", Nonnus, Dionysiaca 14. So they spoke, but my heart was proud and would not be gain-said; I called out again with rage still rankling : ‘Kyklops, if anyone among mortal men should ask who put out your eye in this ugly fashion, say that the one who blinded you was Odysseus the city-sacker, son of Laertes and dweller in Ithaka (Ithaca).’ Goold) (Roman elegy C1st B.C.) 6e - 7a (trans. . In this way did Polyphemos shepherd his love with song; and he found a readier cure than if he had paid hard cash.
it remains unploughed and unsown perpetually, empty of men, only a home for bleating goats. "The wild Cyclopes in Aetna's (Etna's) caverns watch the straits during stormy nights, should any vessel driven by fierce south winds draw nigh, bringing thee, Polyphemus, grim fodder and wretched victims for thy feasting, so look they forth and speed every way to drag captive bodies to their king. . 130 (trans. No bigger body Juppiter [Zeus] himself can boast up in the sky--you always talk of Jove [Zeus] or someone reigning there. He told me all this as a thing that would later come to pass--that I was to lose my sight at the hands of one Odysseus. The finest of the caves there was named after the poet Philoxenos, where (they say) he lived while composing the best of his poems, Kyklops, in utter disregard of the vengeance and punishment imposed by Dionysos. I pray you by the Paphian [Aphrodite], and by your Polyphemos--you know the weight of desire, do not hide from me if you have noticed my mountainranging Ekho swimming by the rocks! While exploring the island, he and his men entered a cave that was stocked with delicious food. Greek Lyric V) (Greek lyric C5th to 4th B.C.) ... the three cyclopes were cast into Tartarus by their father. It did not escape me--no, by my one sweet eye: may I see with it to the last, and may Prophet Telamos carry his hostile mouthings home, to keep for his children! Again, sources are a bit contradictory but it is said that Polyphemus and Galatea had a son named Galatos. Melville) (Roman epic C1st B.C. When Ulysses saw that he could not cope with his size and ferocity, he made him drunk with the wine he had received from Maron, and said that he was called Noman. Towards nightfall the Kyklops came home again, bringing his fleecy flocks with him. 2 (trans. Theoi Project © Copyright 2000 - 2017 Aaron J. Atsma, Netherlands & New Zealand, (Philostratus Elder 2.18, Ovid Metamorphoses 13.857, Hyginus Fabulae 125, Valerius Flaccus 4.104).
The story of the cyclopes is still beloved today as it inspires the imagination and seems to represent the essence of mythology.
Polyphemus was the Cyclops son of the god Poseidon and Thoosa. ‘O white Galatea, why do you spurn my love?--whiter than curds to look on, softer than a lambkin, more skittish than a calf, tarter than the swelling grape! I saw again his giant biceps like a catapult slinging enormous stones, and feared the waves or wind-whistle would overwhelm the ship, forgetting I was not aboard. After he drove his flock back into the cave he would place a great stone weight at the door.
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