Polyphemus caught them sleeping on a grassy hill, and killed Acis by crushing him under a huge rock. Galatea turned it into a river and named it after him. Odysseus lies and tells Polyphemus the cyclops that his boat was shipwrecked off the coast of his island. He does this because he knows that Polyphemus will destroy his boat if he thinks it is sitting out there. That way, as soon as they can leave his cave, they will board their ship with his ewes and cheese. The Cyclops returns and Odysseus gives him strong wine.
Drunk, the Cyclops falls into a deep sleep and is then blinded when the white-hot point of the tree trunk is plunged into his one eye.
As the ship reached farther away from the land, Odysseus decided to tell the giant his real name. This was a mistake though because Polyphemus asked his father to seek revenge on the man who had taken his sight.
He also married and had anywhere from one to four children, depending on the source. Poseidon, the father of Polyphemus, was one of the most popular gods in Greek mythology. His father was Cronus and his brothers were Zeus and Hades. He was the god of the sea and widely worshipped by those who traveled on the open water. He was also the protector of all aquatic features.
Thoosa, a sea nymph, had an affair with Poseidon and gave birth to Polyphemus. She was known for creating dangerously swift currents in the oceans and was described as being a mermaid -like creature. Instead of legs, she had the tail of a fish but her upper half resembled a human. Legends say that Polyphemus fell in love with Galatea, a sea nymph.
Some indicate that his love for her went unnoticed, while others say that his courtship was successful. Again, sources are a bit contradictory but it is said that Polyphemus and Galatea had a son named Galatos. Others say that they had three children, Galas, Celtus and Illyruis. All sources say that from their offspring, the Celts descended.
Because she did not really love the giant, she has an affair with Acis. Polyphemus catches them and crushes Acis with a rock in a fit of rage. According to artistic depictions of Polyphemus, he was a giant and a cyclops. He towered over mortals and while he had two eye sockets like man, they were empty. He then had a single eye in the center of his forehead.
Most depictions of him show him as a terrifying monster. In some pictures, he is chasing his human prey while other show him eating them. There are also many pictures showing his softer side and relationship with Galatea, his lover and mother of his children. Cyclopes in general are associated with their single eye. After being captured by the Cyclops Polyphemus, Odysseus blinds him by drilling a wooden stick into his eye, and he manages to escape with his men.
As they are sailing away, the blinded and enraged Polyphemus seeks vengeance by throwing these very rocks at them. The Cyclops was a giant creature with only one eye from ancient Greek mythology. While some stories have Cyclopes as helpful to other gods, usually they were dangerous creatures. One of the best-known stories is about how Odysseus rescued his crew from being eaten by a Cyclops.
Zeus is the most powerful god in terms of influence. Also because most Olympians and gods are either his children or his sisters.
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