Polyphemus.
    Son of the god Poseidon, Polyphemus was one of the race of Cyclopes, giant one-eyed shepherds who inhabited the island now identified as Sicily. When Odysseus and twelve of his men made landfall there, they entered Polyphemus’s cave and were captured by the giant, who sealed the entrance with a rock and ate two of the men. The next morning he devoured two more, and had another two for his evening meal. He asked Odysseus his name and was answered, “Noman.” Plotting an escape, Odysseus gave the giant strong wine to drink; when he fell asleep Odysseus and his men put out his eye with a sharpened stake. Hearing Polyphemus’s roars of pain, the other Cyclopes rushed to his aid, only to be told that “no man” was trying to kill him; thinking Polyphemus mad, they departed.
    The next morning the blinded Polyphemus sat in the opening of the cave, feeling each of his rams as it went out to graze to make sure that none of the Greeks escaped. But Odysseus’s men clung to the sheeps’ bellies and thus passed undetected. As he regained his ship, Odysseus called back, taunting Polyphemus. Enraged, the giant hurled huge boulders at the ship, nearly sinking it. The injury to his son so angered Poseidon that the sea-god impeded Odysseus’s progress for ten years.

Listings are arranged under the following headings:
Odysseus, General list; Odysseus, the Lotus-eaters; Odysseus, Polyphemus; Odysseus, Circe; Odysseus in the Underworld; Odysseus and the Sirens; Odysseus, Scylla and Charybdis; Odysseus and Calypso; Odysseus and Leucothea; Odysseus and Nausicaä; Return of Odysseus; Death of Odysseus; Odysseus' Last Voyage