Fábula de Polifemo y Galatea

The Fábula de Polifemo y Galatea is a poem by the Spanish Baroque poet Luis de Góngora y Argote. It retells the Greek myth of the Cyclops Polyphemus, who loved the Nereid Galatea. Galatea, however, loved the youth Acis. When Polyphemus discovered them, he killed Acis by crushing him with a boulder.12

Góngora's work is an example of culteranismo, a style characterized by ornate language, complex syntax, classical allusions, and intricate imagery, often making it difficult to interpret. This style, also known as Gongorism, was influential but also led to imitations that exaggerated its complexity.31