Polyphemus - "many tales" "brash"
Son of Poseidon and the nymph Thoosa ("quick" "nimble")
The Cyclops lived on the isle of Sicily.
Trapped in a cave he gets Polyphebus drunk and in his stupor, Odysseus is able to blind him with a sharpened stick.
Odysseus says his name is "Nobody"
He escapes (as do most of his sailors) clasping the underside of Polyphebus's sheep. When asked who attacked him Polyphebus answers "Nobody"!
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