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polyphemus
/ˌpɒlɪˈfiːməs/
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What does polyphemus mean?
noun
- Synonym of polyphemus moth.
proper noun
- A cyclops in Homer's Odyssey.
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/ˌpɒlɪˈfiːməs/
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Every Polyphemus in range hastened to her, and other fluttering creatures of night followed.
Homer would have bound Polyphemus with it, and Shakespeare, Caliban.
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They consisted of stumps of the great reed of the south, open at one end, closed at the other by the natural knot and gathered into a sort of enormous pan-pipe, such as Polyphemus might have employed.