Polyphemos (Argonaut)

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In Greek mythology, Polyphemos was the son of Elatus (or Poseidon) and Hippea. According to one source, he was married to Laonome, sister of Herakles] He was remembered for having fought against the Centaurs in the days of his youth.] Years later, he joined the expedition of the Argonauts During their stay in Bithynia, Polyphemos was the one to hear Hylas cry as the youth was being dragged away by the nymphs, and when he helped Herakles search for Hylas, both were left behind by the Argo. Having settled in Mysia, Polyphemus founded the city Cius of which he became king. Later, however, he set out to search for his fellow Argonauts and died in the land of the Chalybes. He was buried at the seashore under a poplar tree. In Homer's Iliad Nestor numbers "the godlike Polyphemos" among an earlier generation of heroes of his youththe strongest men that Earth has bred, the strongest men against the strongest enemies, a savage mountain-dwelling tribe whom they utterly destroyed

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