Polyphemus

American  

[pol-uh-fee-muhs] / ˌpɒl əˈfi məs /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a Cyclops who was blinded by Odysseus.

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Polyphemus British  

/ ˌpɒlɪˈfiːməs /

noun

1. Greek myth a cyclops who imprisoned Odysseus and his companions in his cave. To effect his escape, Odysseus blinded him

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Polyphemus

Meanwhile, there is a first look at the man-eating cyclops, Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon.

From BBC ● May 5, 2026

The EU says a primitive form of feta is mentioned in the Odyssey, when the hero of the ancient epic takes cheese from the cave of the cyclops Polyphemus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

But you can’t control your ears any more than Polyphemus can control his torment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2020

Henderson’s totemic character is Polyphemus, the half-divine Cyclops whose appearance in Homer’s “Odyssey” is one of the poem’s most harrowing episodes.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 16, 2015

Grover yelped, but Polyphemus just picked up the nearest sheep like it was a stuffed animal and shaved off its wool.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan