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And having left the rest of the ships in the neighboring island, he stood in for the land
of the Cyclopes with a single ship, and landed with twelve companions.1 And near the sea was a cave which
he entered, taking with him the skin of wine that had been given him by Maro.
Now the cave belonged to Polyphemus, who was a son of Poseidon and the nymph Thoosa, a
huge, wild, cannibal man, with one eye on his forehead.
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1 As to the adventures of Ulysses and his companions among the Cyclopes, see Hom. Od. 9.105-542; Hyginus, Fab. 125. The story is a folk-tale found in many lands. See Frazer's Appendix to Apollodorus, “Ulysses and Polyphemus.”
Apollodorus. Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Includes Frazer's notes.
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