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Son Of Poseidon And Galatos In Homer's Odyssey
Son of Poseidon and Thoosa (sea nymph associated with swiftness)
Galatos is his son.
In Homer’s poem the Odyssey, Polyphemus captures Odysseus.
He fell in love with Galatea, a Sicilian nereid. Unfortunately she was in love with Acis (son of Faunus - Pan) . One day while while Galatea and acis where together, Polyphemus snuck up on them and crushed Acis with a rock.
Giant man-eating Cyclops living on the island of Kyklopes (cyclopes). Kyklopes was an Island filled with Cyclops that were lawless man-eating shepherds.
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