Polyphemus is best known as the terrifying Cyclops who traps Odysseus in Homer’s Odyssey. But was there more to him than meets the eye? In this video, we take a closer look at the myth, later ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Matt Damon as Odysseus in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey. (Universal) The Odyssey is being adapted into a new epic by movie ...

Why did it take Odysseus ten years to get from Troy to Ithaca, a journey which should have only taken two weeks? The Odyssey reveals why.

Polyphemus was the son of the god Poseidon, and one of the race of cyclopes, giant one-eyed shepherds who inhabited an island later identified as Sicily. When Odysseus (Ulysses) and twelve of his men ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imagine waking up to find strangers in your home – eating your food, killing your animals, then laughing as they blind you. Later, ...

Odysseus is a liar. There is no question about it in classical literature, that Homer’s archetypal hero is a fork-ongued liar. Sometimes he lies to save his own skin, other times he uses lies as a ...