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  • Etching by Theodoor van Thulden showing Odysseus and his men blinding the giant Polyphemus with a stake as he lies on the ground, with sheep in the background.
    Polyphemus
    / Cultural significance

    In Rick Riordan’s book The Sea of Monsters (2006), he is reimagined as the guardian of the Golden Fleece. Film adaptations featuring Polyphemus include Ulysses (1954) and the Coen brothers’ O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), the latter of which offers a loose adaptation through the figure of a…

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    In Rick Riordan’s book The Sea of Monsters (2006), he is reimagined as the guardian of the Golden Fleece. Film adaptations featuring Polyphemus include Ulysses (1954) and the Coen brothers’ O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), the latter of which offers a loose adaptation through the figure of a…

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