Polyphemus (Argonaut)

Polyphemus ( Greek  Πολύφημος ) is a figure in Greek mythology .

He and his brother Kaineus were sons of Elatos from Larissa and his wife Hippe , who was also called Hippeia. Polyphemus married Laonome , a sister of Heracles ; but here there is an overlap with Euphemos .

As Lapithe , Elatos was once invited with his sons to the wedding of King Peirithoos , where father and brothers also took part in the famous battle against the Centaurs .

Polyphemus sailed with the Argonauts but stayed in Mysia , where he founded the city of Kios . He later fell fighting the Chalybers .

source

• Apollonios of Rhodes : Argonautica (and Scholien on this)

literature

• Bruno Sauer : Polyphemus 1 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.2, Leipzig 1909, column 2698 ( digitized version ).