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Polyphemos Polyphem Cyclops Giant


~ POLYPHEM    or
~ POLYPHEMOS  or
~ POLYPHEMUS  CHIEF OF CYCLOPS or ONE EYED GIANT
              myth> ONE EYED GIANT SON OF POSEIDON
  HE BECAME THE CHIEF OF THE CYCLOPS
  HE LOVED GALATEA or GALATHEA     <sug> GALACTOSE
  THE DAUGHTER OF NEREUS & DORIS
  THE SEER TELEMUS WARNED HIM THAT  sug> AUGUR
  ODYSSEUS WOULD COME TO BLIND HIM
  art> Domenico FETTI [#] painted POLYPHEM and
       GALATEA or GALATHEA on display in Vienna
  at the Kunsthistorisches Museum
  med> CYCLOPS denotes FUSED EYES implying ONE EYE
       A SERIOUS BIRTH DEFECT RARELY COMPATIBLE WITH LIFE
  biol> ins with an "EYE" on the wing  POLYPHEMIDAE
  see> ODYSSEY

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