The Cyclops: Portrait of an Ogre
The article highlights that Greek mythology echo in the mind as resonantly as Polyphemus, the one- eyed, cave-dwelling, human-eating, sheep-and-goat- herding ogre outwitted by the hero Odysseus on his voyage homewards from Troy to Ithaca. It also discusses that the Cyclopes come the pastoral ogres,...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2022
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Biblical archaeology review
Year: 2022, Volume: 48, Issue: 2, Pages: 14-15 |
| Further subjects: | B
NYMPHS (Greek deities)
B POLYPHEMUS (Greek mythology) B POSEIDON (Greek deity) B SEA gods B Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
| Summary: | The article highlights that Greek mythology echo in the mind as resonantly as Polyphemus, the one- eyed, cave-dwelling, human-eating, sheep-and-goat- herding ogre outwitted by the hero Odysseus on his voyage homewards from Troy to Ithaca. It also discusses that the Cyclopes come the pastoral ogres, such as Polyphemus, whose parents are to have been the sea god Poseidon and a nymph. |
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| ISSN: | 0098-9444 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblical archaeology review
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