The Myth Of Cyclops And The Odysseus By Homer

Polyphemus lived in a cave and had a trait of cruelty. He was a man-eating Cyclops. One of the well-known myths of the Greek is that of the Cyclops and the Odysseus. The narration was done by Homer. The myth about Odysseus and Cyclops is about a giant Cyclops who is one-eyed. The giant threatened and almost brought the era of Odysseus the hero to an end. In the Greek mythology, Cyclops is among the most memorable characters. This myth inspired a lot of artists due to its cunningness and brightness of some of the Greek heroes. Homer in his writing usually equips the reader with a range of dogmatic and unflattering descriptions of the Cyclops Polyphemus. In the Hellenistic poet Theocritus did write two poems. Theocritus had a literary debt which he demonstrated by borrowing most of Homer’s grotesque details of the Cyclops in his Odyssey. In the Hellenistic poems, he devoted most of his poems in bringing out a point that the cure for ones lovesickness is only found in singing and poetry. According to Theocritus the Hellenistic poem, song is the ultimate cure for everything This paper explores on the analysis of the Myth of Cyclops Polyphemus into three versions according to Homer, Theocritus and Ovid. In Homer’s Odyssey, Polyphemus, the cyclops, is brought out as a …show more content…
Theocritus shows in Idyll 11 Polyphemus feelings for Galatea and how she broke his heart. In this poem, Polyphemus is shown to boast about his wealth by saying, “I herd one thousand animals and draw the finest milk from them to drink. And I don’t lack for cheese, not in the summer, not in the fall, and not in the dead of winter. My cheese racks are overloaded” (Theocritus),
when he was singing a song for Galatea. In this context, Polyphemus is portrayed very differently to how Homer describe him. This poem shows the softer side of Polyphemus and how songs and poem can help cure a broken