Polyphemus the giant son of Poseidon and Thoosa

Polyphemus the giant son of Poseidon and Thoosa in Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes described in the Odyssey. a plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenure, Paris, 1615. Engraving circa 1615, by Leonard Gaultier. Gaultier, or Galter, was a French engraver, born at Mainz about 1561, and died in Paris in 1641. In Greek mythology, A Cyclops was a member of a primordial race of giants, each with a single eye in the centre of his forehead

1561 1615 1641 Blaise Cyclopes Cyclops Described Deux Engraver Forehead Galter Gaultier Giants Grecs Mainz Odyssey Peinture Philostrates Platte Polyphemus Poseidon Primordial Sophistes Tableaux Vigenere

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