Polyphemus

Pŏlyphēmus (-os), i, m., = Πολύφημος.

• The one-eyed Cyclops in Sicily, son of Neptune, who was blinded by Ulysses, Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 115; Ov. M. 13, 772; 14, 167; Mart. 4, 49, 6; Juv. 14, 20; 9, 64; Hyg. Fab. 125; cf. Verg. A. 3, 618 sq.—
• II One of the Argonauts, Hyg. Fab. 14.

Pŏlўphēmus (-mŏs), ī, m. (Πολύφημος), ¶ 1 Polyphème [géant, fils de Neptune, un des Cyclopes] : Cic. Tusc. 5, 115 ; Ov. M. 13, 772 ¶ 2 un des Argonautes : Hyg. Fab. 14.

Polyphe'mus

(Πολύφημος).

1. The celebrated Cyclops in the island of Thrinacia, was a son of Poseidon, and the nymph Thoosa. For an account of him see the article Cyclopes.

Polyphe'mus

2. A son of Elatus or Poseidon and Hippea, was one of the Lapithae at Larissa in Thessaly. He was married to Laonome, a sister of Heracles, with whom he was connected by friendship. He was also one of the Argonauts, but being left behind by them in Mysia, he founded Cios, and fell against the Chalybes. (Hom. Il. 1.264; Schol. ad Apolton. Rkod. 1.40, 1241, 4.1470; V. Fl. 1.457; Apllod. 1.9. §§ 16, 19.) [L.S]

Polyphēmus

(Πολύφημος). The son of Poseidon and the nymph. Thoösa; the one-eyed Cyclops, who held Odysseus prisoner in his cave and ate several of the companions, until the hero made him drunk and blinded him. Later legends made him the lover of the beautiful nymph Galatea. See Acis; Cyclopes; Galatea; Odysseus.