Polyphemos

Japanese: Polyphēmos（英語表記）Polyphemos

In Greek mythology, she was a sea nymph and one of the daughters of the sea god Nereus. She was courted by the one-eyed giant Polyphemos, but she had a lover named Akis. When Polyphemos discovered their tryst, he became enraged and threw a rock at Akis, killing her and turning her into a river.

From [Cyclops]

According to Homer's Odyssey, they were one-eyed giants who knew neither law nor farming, and lived by raising sheep. When Odysseus and his men arrived on the island where they lived (Sicily?), they got lost in the cave of a Cyclops named Polyphemos, and his men were eaten one by one. Odysseus's plan to kill the giant's eyes and escaped is famous. On the other hand, according to Hesiod's Theogony, they were the three sons of the sky god Uranus and the earth goddess Gaia, Brontēs (Thunder), Steropēs (Lightning), and Arges (Flash), and were imprisoned underground by their father, but were later released by Zeus, and sided with the Zeus brothers who fought against Cronus's group, contributing to their victory.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Polyphēmos" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…ギリシア神話の海のニンフで，海神ネレウスの娘の一人。一つ目巨人ポリュフェモスPolyphēmosの求愛を受けたが，彼女にはアキスAkisという恋人がいた。二人の逢いびきがポリュフェモスに知られるところとなり，怒り狂った巨人が投じた岩によってアキスは死に，川に変じたという。…

【キュクロプス】より

…ホメロスの《オデュッセイア》によれば，彼らは単眼の巨人族で，法も耕作も知らず，羊を飼って暮らしていた。彼らの住む島(シチリア島？)に着いたオデュッセウスとその部下がポリュフェモスPolyphēmosという名のキュクロプスの洞穴に迷いこみ，部下がつぎつぎと食われていったとき，オデュッセウスの計略で巨人の眼をつぶして逃れた話は有名。一方，ヘシオドスの《神統記》によれば，彼らは天空神ウラノスと大地女神ガイアの3人の息子ブロンテスBrontēs(雷鳴)，ステロペスSteropēs(電光)，アルゲスArgēs(閃光)とされ，父の手で地底に幽閉されたが，のちゼウスに解放され，クロノス一派と矛を交えたゼウス兄弟の味方となってその勝利に貢献したという。…

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