Polyphemus
CONTENTS
1. Myth of Polyphemus
2. Places 3. Images 4. Historical Sources
1. Myth of Polyphemus After leaving the land of the Lotus-eaters, Odysseus’ ships sailed for unknown period of time, before landing his ships in the land of the Cyclops. They managed to escape from Polyphemus and reached the island of Aeolus. Odysseus and twelve of his men they came face to face with Poseidon's son, the cyclop Polyphemus. After entering the cave of Polyphemus, Polyphemus blocked the huge cave entrance with a huge rock. And he started eating Odysseus’s men. One night after tricking him and getting him drunk, they came up with a plan. They stuck a stick in his eye and Polyphemus had no choice but to move the rock to ask the rest of the cyclopes for help. In this way Odysseus escaped from the hands of Polyphemus but enraged the father of the cyclop, Poseidon.
2. Places The land of the Cyclops could be Sicily as later is indicated by traditions. Now, the cave of Polyphemus corresponds with Milazzo (Mesina) in Italy. The points to which the locations correspond are marked in pink https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/1/edit?hl =es&mid=14iibgyk18tNf9OL5tIBGjVlPSR9oh 2Er&ll=34.41036749063358%2C-6.926807 499999995&z=5
3. Images
4. Historical sources https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Creatures/Pol yphemus/polyphemus.html https://www.britannica.com/topic/Polyphemus-Greek-m ythology https://www.oliviawaite.com/blog/2010/10/an-unlikelystory-polyphemus-and-galatea
Polyphemus and Galatea There are a variant of the myth, Polyphemus was also an anguished lover of the sea nymph Galatea. In Ovid's version, Galatea is in love with a young man named Acis, who is then killed by Polyphemus in a jealous rage. So Galatea turns Acis into a river because transforming your dead beloved into a river, tree, flower or rock is the mythological equivalent of the modern post-breakup pint of Haagen-Dazs. It's just the thing you do, and then you move on. However, there is a frieze found in Pompeii that suggests Polyphemus was a more successful lover than Ovid allows him to be.
THE END By Nuria Lopez, Julio Liso and Elisa Arnau , Emanuele de Luca, Stefano de Gaetano