Polyphemus

Polyphemus is a blind Cyclops, a son of Poseidon and the sea nymph Thoosa, who inhabits an island in the Sea of Monsters. He stole the Golden Fleece at some point in the past and used it to enrich his island.
==History==
Polyphemus was a character in Homer's The Odyssey. When Odysseus stopped at the island of the Cyclopes, he saw a cave and thought there might be food in it. He and some of his crew went to investigate. His sailors insisted on taking what was there and leaving, but Odysseus insisted on meeting the "person" who owned it all, thinking he would present a challenge to them.
At sundown, Polyphemus let his sheep back into the cave before moving a massive stone to cover the door. When Odysseus and his men try offering him some of their food, he instead grabs two of the men, tears them apart, and eats them. He asks Odysseus what his name is, and the clever hero tells him his name is "Nobody". Odysseus then gets Polyphemus drunk on wine and puts him to sleep.
While he slept, Odysseus and his remaining men took a large stick and sharpened the end of it (in some versions they charred it too), and stabbed it into Polyphemus' eye. The monster woke with a start and called for his brothers, but all he said was "Nobody has blinded me!", and so they thought he was merely stating the obvious and left him alone.
Later, when Polyphemus lets his sheep out to graze, he reaches down and feels around them to make sure Odysseus and his men aren't on their backs. However, Odysseus tied himself and his men to the sheep's undersides and were able to escape. As they left the island on their ship, Odysseus bragged to Polyphemus that he had escaped and in his arrogance revealed his real name to the Cyclops. This allowed Polyphemus to ask Poseidon to curse Odysseus, which served as yet another setback on his journey home.
Sometime after this, Polyphemus stole the Golden Fleece and hung it on a tree on his island (what happened to the other Cyclopes on the island is unknown; it's possible they moved to different islands). Along with making his island a paradise, it lured satyrs there in search of Pan, the wild god, who Polyphemus would simply eat.
Category:Cyclopes
Category:Male characters
Category:The Dungeon Master's Odyssey characters
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Category:The Thirteenth Olympian characters