polypheme

Who can read the following description of Polypheme without finding his compassion entirely destroyed by aversion and loathing?

The Syrens and Polypheme left also vivid pictures on my fancy.

Yet canst thou not kick to the measure of his deserts, wert thou Polypheme with earthquake on thy feet.

Pontiac figures as Polypheme; and Wa,wa,tam plays the part of good king Alcinous.

And the bones round their caves were more numerous than the ribs, skulls, and thigh-bones round the cavern of hulking Polypheme.