This 1918 image illustrates the Cyclops named Polyphemus preparuing to eat two of Odysseuss men. In the epic poem Odyssey, which is credited to the Greek poet Homer, the hero Odysseus (also spelled Ulysses) and his men, on their way home to Ithaca from the Trojan War, are captured by Polyphemus, a Cyclops or one-eyed giant. Polyphemus eats six of the men (seen here, getting ready to eat two) and says he will eat them all. Odysseus escapes by giving the Cyclops strong wine. The Cyclops falls.