Polyphemos
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Polyphemos (or Polyphemus) is a Kyklops in Greek mythology. He is the son of the god Poseidon and Thoosa. He lived in a cave on an island, and he had sheep. On the island also lived several other Kyklopes.
He appears in Homer's Odyssey. On his journey home to Ithaca after the Trojan War, Odysseus lands on the island of Polyphemos. They come to the cave where Polyphemos lives. But then Polyphemos comes back and he does not let them leave his cave, and he also eats some of Odysseus' men. Odysseus then thinks of a plan to get away. He tells Polyphemos that his name is "Nobody", and gives him wine to drink. When he is sleeping, Odysseus and his men make a wooden pole (a big stick), and use it to destroy the Kyklops Polyphemos' only eye, so he could not see them anymore. The next morning Polyphemos lets his sheep out of the cave, but touches their backs so no one of the men could ride out on them. But Odysseus and his men hold themselves on the underside of the sheep, and so they get out. When Polyphemos realizes that Odysseus got away, he called the other Kyklopes for help. They asked him what happened, and he said "Nobody hurt me.", and so the other Kyklopes went away again. When Odysseus was on his ship again, he called out to Polyphemos and told him who he was. Polyphemos was very angry and threw a rock at them, but it did not hit the ship. Then, as revenge, he asked his father Poseidon that all of Odysseus' men should die and that Odysseus should only come home to Ithaca after ten years. All of it became true, and is told in the Odyssey.
