Cyclops (The Odyssey)

The Cyclops is a mythical one-eyed beast, and one of the sons of Poseidon, as featured in The Odyssey.
When Odysseus' band lands on an island, they find themselves trapped in a cave with the Cyclops. As he prepares to strike again, Odysseus offers him some wine he had brought with him. The cyclops enjoys the drink and asks Odysseus his name (which he gives as "Nobody.") The drunk cyclops passes out. The men then sharpen a stick and drive it into the giant's eye, blinding him. As the crew sail away, the cyclops cries to Poseidon to avenge him.
The Cyclops is known in the original story as Polyphemus, which he mentions once in passing in the miniseries.
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