On 7/5/21 9:58 PM, Nicolas George wrote:
Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside (12021-07-05):
There's plenty of word with the prefix "poly".
In some way, we can consider "poly" meaning many different.
Polygon, polykystic...
I'm sure you know that "poly" is "many" in ancient Greek.
Regards,
&, wiki : Polyphemus :
"Polyphēmus is the one-eyed giant son of Poseidon and Thoosa in Greek
mythology, one of the Cyclopes described in Homer's Odyssey. His name
means "abounding in songs and legends". Polyphemus first appeared as a
savage man-eating giant in the ninth book of the Odyssey. The satyr play
of Euripides is dependent on this episode apart from one detail; for
comic effect, Polyphemus is made a pederast in the play. Later Classical
writers presented him in their poems as heterosexual and linked his name
with the nymph Galatea. Often he was portrayed as unsuccessful in these,
and as unaware of his disproportionate size and musical failings. In the
work of even later authors, however, he is presented as both a
successful lover and skilled musician. From the Renaissance on, art and
literature reflect all of these interpretations of the giant."
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rgds
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