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title: Polyphemus
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**Polyphemus**

Polyphemus is the famous Greek cyclops, son of Poseidon and endowed with prodigious strength. Yet, lacking all intellectual skill, subtlety and cunning are conspicuously absent in him. These traits make Polyphemus the archetype of invincible brute force, which perishes before the subtle intelligence of the adversary.

Another myth associated with Polyphemus is that of "beauty and the beast." The giant falls in love with Galatea, a beautiful nymph who can only despise such a monster and has eyes solely for Acis, a rival whom Polyphemus kills in a fit of jealousy.