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	In Greek mythology, [[character::Polyphemos (Argonaut)\|Polyphemos]] was the son of Elatus (or [[character::Poseidon) and Hippea. According to one source, he was married to Laonome, sister of [[character::Herakles]]] He was remembered for having fought against the Centaurs in the days of his youth.] Years later, he joined the expedition of the [[Jason and the Argonauts\|Argonauts]] During their stay in [[place::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 [[place::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 Greek mythology, [[character::Polyphemos (Argonaut)\|Polyphemos]] was the son of Elatus (or [[character::Poseidon]]) and Hippea. According to one source, he was married to Laonome, sister of [[character::Herakles]]] He was remembered for having fought against the Centaurs in the days of his youth.] Years later, he joined the expedition of the [[Jason and the Argonauts\|Argonauts]] During their stay in [[place::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 [[place::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]] [[character::Nestor]] numbers "the godlike Polyphemos" among an earlier generation of heroes of his youth''the strongest men that Earth has bred, the strongest men against the strongest enemies, a savage mountain-dwelling tribe whom they utterly destroyed''		In [[Homer's Iliad]] [[character::Nestor]] numbers "the godlike Polyphemos" among an earlier generation of heroes of his youth''the 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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	In Greek mythology, ~~Polyphemus~~ (~~Πολύφημος~~) was the son of Elatus (or Poseidon) and Hippea. According to one source, he was married to Laonome, sister of ~~Heracles.~~[1] ~~As a Lapith, he~~ was remembered for having fought against the Centaurs in the days of his youth.[2] Years later, he joined the expedition of the ~~Argonauts.~~[2][~~3][4~~][5] During their stay in Bithynia, ~~Polyphemus~~ was the one to hear Hylas cry as the youth was being dragged away by the nymphs, and when he helped ~~Heracles~~ search for Hylas, both were left behind by the Argo.~~[6][7]~~ 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.~~[8]~~		See here for [[character::Polyphemos]]
	In Iliad I, Nestor numbers "the godlike ~~Polyphemus~~" among an earlier generation of heroes of his youth~~, "~~the strongest men that Earth has bred, the strongest men against the strongest enemies, a savage mountain-dwelling tribe whom they utterly destroyed~~."[9] No trace of such an oral tradition, which Homer~~'~~s listeners would have recognized in Nestor~~'~~s allusion, survived in literary epic~~
			In Greek mythology, [[character::Polyphemos (Argonaut)\|Polyphemos]] was the son of Elatus (or [[character::Poseidon) and Hippea. According to one source, he was married to Laonome, sister of [[character::Herakles]]] He was remembered for having fought against the Centaurs in the days of his youth.] Years later, he joined the expedition of the [[Jason and the Argonauts\|Argonauts]] During their stay in [[place::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 [[place::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]] [[character::Nestor]] numbers "the godlike Polyphemos" among an earlier generation of heroes of his youth''the 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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In Greek mythology, Polyphemus (Πολύφημος) was the son of Elatus (or Poseidon) and Hippea. According to one source, he was married to Laonome, sister of Heracles.[1] As a Lapith, he was remembered for having fought against the Centaurs in the days of his youth.[2] Years later, he joined the expedition of the Argonauts.[2][3][4][5] During their stay in Bithynia, Polyphemus was the one to hear Hylas cry as the youth was being dragged away by the nymphs, and when he helped Heracles search for Hylas, both were left behind by the Argo.[6][7] 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.[8]
In Iliad I, Nestor numbers "the godlike Polyphemus" among an earlier generation of heroes of his youth, "the strongest men that Earth has bred, the strongest men against the strongest enemies, a savage mountain-dwelling tribe whom they utterly destroyed."[9] No trace of such an oral tradition, which Homer's listeners would have recognized in Nestor's allusion, survived in literary epic

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