According to legend, on which Mediterranean island did the Cyclops, Polyphemus, live?
"Lampione Lampione (, ) is a small rocky island located in the Mediterranean Sea, which belongs geographically to the Pelagie Islands and administratively to the ""comune"" of Lampedusa e Linosa, Province of Agrigento, region of Sicily, Italy. It is about long and across, and has an area of and a highest elevation of . The islet is uninhabited, the only building being a lighthouse. According to the legend, the island was a rock which had fallen from the hands of a cyclops Polyphemus. Lampione is part of the Riserva Marina Isole Pelagie, and its vegetation and wildlife are strictly protected."
"Polyphemus Polyphemus (; ""Polyphēmos"") is the giant son of Poseidon and Thoosa in Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes described in Homer's ""Odyssey"". His name means ""abounding in songs and legends"". Polyphemus first appears as a savage man-eating giant in the ninth book of the ""Odyssey"". Some later Classical writers link his name with the nymph Galatea and present him in a different light. In Homer's epic, Odysseus lands on the island of the Cyclops during his journey home from the Trojan War and, together with some of his men, enters a cave filled with provisions. When the giant Polyphemus"
"Polyphème Polyphème is an opera composed by Jean Cras with a libretto by Albert Samain. It was written by Cras during World War I and was premiered in Paris in 1922, giving Cras a burst of notoriety in the French press. The text originated as a poetic drama written by Samain in the style of Maurice Maeterlinck. The title character is Polyphemus, who, according to Greek mythology, is the eldest Cyclops and son of Poseidon. It tells the well-known story of the attempt by Polyphemus (baritone) to steal Galatea (soprano) from Acis (tenor). In the original myth Polyphemus eventually rolls"
"Strabo describes another group of seven Lycian cyclopes, also known as ""Bellyhands"" because they earned from their handicraft. They had built the walls of Tiryns and perhaps the caverns and the labyrinths near Nauplia, which are called cyclopean. It is often assumed that Polyphemus lives, along with the other cyclopes, on an island. That is a possibility but all that is known from Homer's ""Odyssey"" is that Polyphemus resided in a ""land"" somewhere farther on from the Lotus-Eaters, in a place that is not close or distant from an uninhabited, wooded and unexploited island, where Odysseus arrives. The map location"
"by Theocritus himself. Theocritus was from Sicily, as he refers to Polyphemus, the cyclops in the ""Odyssey"", as his ""countryman."" He also probably lived in Alexandria for a while, where he wrote about everyday life, notably ""Pharmakeutria"". It is also speculated that Theocritus was born in Syracuse, lived on the island of Kos, and lived in Egypt during the time of Ptolemy II. The record of these recensions is preserved by two epigrams, one of which proceeds from Artemidorus of Tarsus, a grammarian, who lived in the time of Sulla and is said to have been the first editor of"
"Polyphemus (Argonaut) In Greek mythology, Polyphemus (Πολύφημος) was the son of Elatus (or Poseidon) and Hippea. The name of Polyphemus is one linked to the Cyclops encountered by Odysseus, it was also the given name to a Greek hero. Polyphemus was also an Argonaut in Greek mythology. According to one source, he was married to Laonome, sister of Heracles. As a Lapith, he was remembered for having fought against the Centaurs in the days of his youth. Years later, he joined the expedition of the Argonauts. During their stay in Bithynia, Polyphemus was the one to hear Hylas cry as"
"Méliès. This combines with the Calypso episode and employs special effects. Other films that include it have been the 1911 ""Odissea"" and the 1955 ""Ulysses"" (see external links below). Polyphemus and Odysseus Polyphemus, Galatea, and Acis Specific artworks discussed above Specific opera and filmworks discussed above Polyphemus Polyphemus (; ""Polyphēmos"") is the giant son of Poseidon and Thoosa in Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes described in Homer's ""Odyssey"". His name means ""abounding in songs and legends"". Polyphemus first appears as a savage man-eating giant in the ninth book of the ""Odyssey"". Some later Classical writers link his name with"
"in 1922, giving Cras a burst of notoriety in the French press. The title character is Polyphemus, who, according to Greek mythology, is the eldest Cyclops and son of Poseidon. It tells the well-known story of the attempt by Polyphemus (baritone) to steal Galatea (soprano) from Acis (tenor). In the original myth Polyphemus eventually kills Acis by rolling a rock onto him. Albert Samain, the librettist, humanized Polyphemus by having him become aware of the feelings shared by two lovers and thus, decide not to crush them. Ultimately, the cyclops wanders into the sea to find death because the couple's"
"one above another. There is an ancient tradition that the islands at one time formed part of the mainland of Sicily. Homer has a curious story about the manner in which they became detached, towards the end of the ninth book of the Odyssey. When Odysseus visited Sicily it was inhabited by the Cyclopes, said to have had only one eye, on the forehead. Odysseus encounters one of their number, Polyphemus, on his journey home to Ithaca, who kills two of Odysseus's men. Stuck inside Polyphemus's cave because he and his men are unable to move the boulder that blocks"
"mountain-dwelling tribe whom they utterly destroyed."" No trace of such an oral tradition, which Homer's listeners would have recognized in Nestor's allusion, survived in literary epic. Polyphemus (Argonaut) In Greek mythology, Polyphemus (Πολύφημος) was the son of Elatus (or Poseidon) and Hippea. The name of Polyphemus is one linked to the Cyclops encountered by Odysseus, it was also the given name to a Greek hero. Polyphemus was also an Argonaut in Greek mythology. According to one source, he was married to Laonome, sister of Heracles. As a Lapith, he was remembered for having fought against the Centaurs in the days"
"son, the Cyclops Polyphemus, resulting in Poseidon punishing him with storms, the complete loss of his ship and companions, and a ten-year delay. Poseidon is also the subject of a Homeric hymn. In Plato's ""Timaeus"" and ""Critias"", the island of Atlantis was Poseidon's domain. The earliest attested occurrence of the name, written in Linear B, is ""Po-se-da-o"" or ""Po-se-da-wo-ne"", which correspond to (""Poseidaōn"") and (""Poseidawonos"") in Mycenean Greek; in Homeric Greek it appears as (""Poseidaōn""); in Aeolic as (""Poteidaōn""); and in Doric as (""Poteidan""), (""Poteidaōn""), and (""Poteidas""). The form (""Poteidawon"") appears in Corinth. A common epithet of Poseidon is ""Enosichthon"","
"love interest of the Cyclops Polyphemus.They symbolized everything that is beautiful and kind about the sea. Their melodious voices sang as they danced around their father. They are represented as very beautiful girls, crowned with branches of red coral and dressed in white silk robes trimmed with gold, but who went barefoot. They were part of Poseidon's entourage and carried his trident. In Homer's ""Iliad"" XVIII, when Thetis cries out in sympathy for the grief of Achilles for the slain Patroclus, her sisters appear. The Nereid Opis is mentioned in Virgil's ""Aeneid"". She is called by the goddess Diana to"
"Idyll XI Idyll XI, otherwise known as Bucolic poem 11, was written by Theocritus in dactylic hexameter. Its main character, the cyclops Polyphemus, has appeared in other works of literature such as Homer's ""Odyssey"", and Theocritus' Idyll VI. Idyll XI is written in the Doric dialect of ancient Greek. In that dialect, the Cyclops' name is ""Polyphamos."" The more familiar ""Polyphemos"" is the form in which he is known in the Odyssey, which is written in the Ionic dialect. Theocritus' Idyll XI, the ""Cyclops"", relates Polyphemus' longing for the sea-nymph Galatea, and how Polyphemus' cured himself of the wound of"
"Polyphemos reclining and holding a drinking bowl Polyphemos reclining and holding a drinking bowl is a Late Classical terracotta figure that was created in Boeotia, Greece in late 5th- early 4th century BCE. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston purchased the statue in December 1901 from E.P. Warren, who bought the terracotta figure in Paris, in 1901, from a vendor who acquired it in Thebes. The terracotta figure depicts Polyphemos, the Cyclops and antagonist of Odysseus in book nine of Homer’s ""Odyssey"", as a dignified banqueter consuming wine. This figure depicts the scene in The Odyssey where, in order to"
"Idyll XI Idyll XI Idyll XI, otherwise known as Bucolic poem 11, was written by Theocritus in dactylic hexameter. Its main character, the cyclops Polyphemus, has appeared in other works of literature such as Homer's ""Odyssey"", and Theocritus' Idyll VI. Idyll XI is written in the Doric dialect of ancient Greek. In that dialect, the Cyclops' name is ""Polyphamos."" The more familiar ""Polyphemos"" is the form in which he is known in the Odyssey, which is written in the Ionic dialect. Theocritus' Idyll XI, the ""Cyclops"", relates Polyphemus' longing for the sea-nymph Galatea, and how Polyphemus' cured himself of the"
"terracotta figure displays the traditional artistic portrayal of Cyclopes during the Classical period. These characteristics include a pot belly, large ears, a large eye in the middle of the forehead, a bulbous nose, puffy lips, and fat cheeks. Polyphemos reclining and holding a drinking bowl Polyphemos reclining and holding a drinking bowl is a Late Classical terracotta figure that was created in Boeotia, Greece in late 5th- early 4th century BCE. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston purchased the statue in December 1901 from E.P. Warren, who bought the terracotta figure in Paris, in 1901, from a vendor who acquired"
"nymph, and his strategy for winning her. Virgil, the Roman epic poet, wrote, in book three of ""The Aeneid"", of how Aeneas and his crew landed on the island of the cyclops after escaping from Troy at the end of the Trojan War. Aeneas and his crew land on the island, when they are approached by a desperate Greek man from Ithaca, Achaemenides, who was stranded on the island a few years previously with Odysseus' expedition (as depicted in ""The Odyssey""). Virgil's account acts as a sequel to Homer's, with the fate of Polyphemus as a blind cyclops after the"
"signed by Reni, with dating of 1638 related to the figure of Polyphemus. Other research links this work to a lost canvas depicting Ariadne also by Reni. The painting depicts the scene from the Odyssey where the blinded Cyclops, in anger starts to gather boulders to toss at the ships of Odysseus in the distance. He perches in a diagonal to the canvas with a gray horizon. A more active depiction of the subject had been frescoed earlier in the Gallery of the Palazzo Farnese, at which Reni had worked under Annibale Carracci. Polyphemus (Guido Reni) The Polyphemus is a"
"after travelling through the narrow strait that Charybdis and Scylla guarded, the two land on the island of the queen-witch Circe. Realizing she is not to be trusted, and seeing that she has turned dozens of men into guinea pigs, they rush to leave the island. They escape on the famous Queen Anne’s Revenge, a former pirate ship. Percy and Annabeth pass the Sirens, and Annabeth confesses her insecurities to Percy. They reach the island of Polyphemus, which is ruled by the notorious cyclops, Polyphemus, who happens to be Poseidon’s son and Percy’s half-brother. Before journeying to the center of"
"the entrance, Odysseus supplies Polyphemus with a special wine until he falls asleep, and blinds him by drilling the Cyclops's own wooden walking stick into his eye. Polyphemus opens the cave boulder and the Greeks escape to their ship; Polyphemus calls to the other Cyclopes for help and Odysseus, from the distance of his ship, begins to taunt and to jeer at him. Homer (Pope's translation) says: Odysseus boasts that it was ""Odysseus...Son of Laertes"" who had burnt out Polyphemus's eye. Polyphemus invokes the vengeance of his father Poseidon, and: Cyclopean Isles The Cyclopean Isles (Italian:""Isole Ciclopi""), noted for their"
"is lord of the dead and they are his prisoners. Hades as well does not ever allow any of his souls to leave the Underworld. Zeus could not bear the loss of the cyclopes, for they were the biggest reason the Olympians assumed power. Also, Zeus resurrected Asclepius at the request of Apollo so that their feud would end. Some versions of this myth have it that after Apollo killed the cyclopes, their ghosts dwelt in the caverns of the volcano Aetna. The Sicilian Greek poet Theocritus wrote two poems (circa 275 BC) concerning Polyphemus' desire for Galatea, a sea"
"History of the Cyclades The Cyclades (Greek: Κυκλάδες ""Kykládes"") are Greek islands located in the southern part of the Aegean Sea. The archipelago contains some 2,200 islands, islets and rocks; just 33 islands are inhabited. For the ancients, they formed a circle (κύκλος / kyklos in Greek) around the sacred island of Delos, hence the name of the archipelago. The best-known are, from north to south and from east to west: Andros, Tinos, Mykonos, Naxos, Amorgos, Syros, Paros and Antiparos, Ios, Santorini, Anafi, Kea, Kythnos, Serifos, Sifnos, Folegandros and Sikinos, Milos and Kimolos; to these can be added the little"
"6 of the ""Odyssey"", and draws the connections between Polyphemus and Nausicaa, and Galatea. Polyphemus and Nausicaa have an unrequited love for Galatea and Odysseus respectively; Polyphemus dreams of the day he will woo Galatea over, and Nausicaa dreams at the notion of marrying Odysseus. Prauscello contrasts Polyphemus' desire with Nausicaa’s by explaining Polyphemus’ mindset to be more superficial; the Cyclops does not share a matrimonial view with Galatea, where as Nausicaa arguably does, as she idols Odysseus. According to Kelly, Polyphemus can be compared to Homer's version of the Cyclops as a solitary, lonely individual; in Idyll XI, Polyphemus"
"on the Black Sea, which would include the cyclops story, appear to incorporate parts of the Gilgamesh tradition, as well as the Caucasian myths of a one-eyed monster. There are striking parallels between Homer's story and the Caucasian stories of Urzmaeg, where the hero outwits a one-eyed giant, and blinds him with a torch. It is thought that the Caucasian myths probably came to the Greeks through the epic Anatolian song tradition. Homer does not specifically state that Polyphemus has only one eye. Some scholars suggest this is implied in the passage that describes Odysseus asking his men to cast"
"Illyrius Illyrius (, ""Illyriós"") is a name known in different stories found in ancient Greek mythology. According to the ""Bibliotheca"", Illyrius was the youngest son of Cadmus and Harmonia who eventually ruled Illyria and became the eponymous ancestor of the whole Illyrian people. Illyrius was specifically born during an expedition against the Illyrians on the side of the Enchelii. According to the ""Illyrian Wars"" of Appian, Illyrius was the son of the Cyclops Polyphemus and his wife Galatea with siblings Celtus and Galas. The children of Polyphemus all migrated from Sicily and ruled over the peoples named after them, the"
"he placed the Laestrygonians in southern Corsica. Ernle Bradford had meanwhile added some new suggestions: the land of the Cyclopes was around Marsala in western Sicily; the island of Aeolus was Ustica off Sicily; Calypso was on Malta. The Obregons, in ""Odysseus Airborne"", follow Bradford in some identifications but add several of their own. The Lotus Eaters are in the Gulf of Sidra; the Cyclops and Aeolus are both to be found in the Balearic Isles; the island of Circe is Ischia in the Bay of Naples; most unexpectedly, Scherie is Cyprus. Translator Samuel Butler developed a controversial theory that"
"As he sails off with his men, Odysseus boastfully reveals his real name, an act of hubris that was to cause problems for him later. Polyphemus prays to his father, Poseidon, for revenge and casts huge rocks towards the ship, which Odysseus barely escapes. The story reappears in later Classical literature. In ""Cyclops"", the 5th century BC play by Euripides, a chorus of satyrs offers comic relief from the grisly story of how Polyphemus is punished for his impious behaviour in not respecting the rites of hospitality. In his Latin epic, Virgil describes how Aeneas observes blind Polyphemus as he"
"Polyphengos Saint George of Polyphengos (""Sancto Georgio de Polifengno"" in a 1377 document) or simply Polyphengos (; ""Polifant"" in the French ""Chronicle of the Morea"") was a fortress and settlement of the Frankish Principality of Achaea in the Peloponnese. The settlement of Saint George was situated on the plain some 3 km from ancient Nemea, and occupied the space of the modern town of Nemea, while the fortress was situated on the top of Mount Polyphengos and controlled one of the passes leading from the plateau of Arcadia to the lowlands of the Argolic Gulf. In September 1320, the Greeks"
"Cyclades The Cyclades (; ) are an island group in the Aegean Sea, southeast of mainland Greece and a former administrative prefecture of Greece. They are one of the island groups which constitute the Aegean archipelago. The name refers to the islands ""around"" (κυκλάς) the sacred island of Delos. The largest island of the Cyclades is Naxos. The significant Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Cycladic culture is best known for its schematic, flat idols carved out of the islands' pure white marble centuries before the great Middle Bronze Age Minoan civilization arose in Crete to the south. (These figures"
"Telemachus decides to go searching for him. Odysseus, however, is not dead: he was captured by the nymph Calypso, who after an intervention of the Gods, releases Odysseus. The hero sets sail for the sea, but is shipwrecked on an island. There, he is rescued by the princess Nausicaa, daughter of King Alcinous. The king welcomes Odysseus, who tries to conceal his identity. Finally revealed, he begins to tell about the adventures and travels he had on his way back from the Trojan War. One segment involves his encounter with Polyphemus, the Cyclops. L'Odissea L'Odissea was a European TV miniseries"
"Gozo Gozo, known locally as Għawdex () and in antiquity as Gaulos (, ; , ""Gaúlos""), is an island of the Maltese archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea. The island is part of Malta. After the island of Malta itself, it is the second-largest island in the archipelago. Compared to its southeastern neighbour, Gozo is more rural and known for its scenic hills, which are featured on its coat of arms. The island of Gozo has long been associated with Ogygia, the island home of the nymph Calypso in Homer's ""Odyssey"". In that story, Calypso, possessed of great supernatural powers, and"
"Polydectes In Greek mythology, King Polydectes () was the ruler of the island of Seriphos. Polydectes was the son of either Magnes and an unnamed Naiad, or of Peristhenes and Androthoe, or of Poseidon and Cerebia. His story is largely a part of the myth of Perseus, and runs as follows according to the ""Bibliotheca"" and John Tzetzes. He was the brother of the fisherman Dictys, who succeeded him on the throne. Polydectes fell in love with Danaë when she and her son Perseus were saved by his brother Dictys (see: Acrisius). Perseus, old enough by the time, was very"
"Cyprus Cyprus (; ; ), officially the Republic of Cyprus (; ), is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean and the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean, located south of Turkey, west of Syria and Lebanon, northwest of Israel, north of Egypt, and southeast of Greece. The earliest known human activity on the island dates to around the 10th millennium BC. Archaeological remains from this period include the well-preserved Neolithic village of Khirokitia, and Cyprus is home to some of the oldest water wells in the world. Cyprus was settled by Mycenaean Greeks in two"