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Polyphemos is son of Poseidon and a Cyclopes, a one-eyed giant. He lives in an island of Sicily. He is presented as a member of a race who does not have any laws and does not acknowledge the gods. In Homer, Polyphemos is portrayed as a savage giant, who eats humans beings raw, and washes them down with either milk or wine. In Odyssey, he briefly captures Odysseus and his men. With the help of Odysseus' tricky mind, they get the giant drunk, blind him and finally succeed in escaping from his cave.