Polypheme (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Polypheme () may refer to the following:

Polypheme, daughter of Autolycus and the possible mother of Jason by Aeson, King of Iolcus.Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 1.45 with Herodorus as authority She was also called PolymeleHesiod, Ehoiai fr. 38; Tzetzes, Chiliades 6.979; Scholia ad Homer, Odyssey 12.69 with Hesiod as the authority or Polymede;Apollodorus, 1.9.16; Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 175, 872. otherwise the mother of the hero was either (1) Alcimede, daughter of Phylacus;Apollonius Rhodius, 1.47, 233 & 259; Scholia ad ibid, 1.45 & ad Homer, Odyssey 12.69, both have Pherecydes as the authority; Valerius Flaccus, 1.297; Hyginus, Fabulae 3, 13 & 14 (2) Amphinome;Diodorus Siculus, 4.50.2 (3) Rhoeo, daughter of Staphylus;Tzetzes, Chiliades 6.979 (4) Theognete, daughter of Laodicus;Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 1.45 with Andron on Epitome of Affinity as the source and lastly, (5) Arne or (6) Scarphe.Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 872 Polypheme, another form of the name Polyphemus, the Cyclops who was encountered by Odysseus in one his adventures to go back home at Ithaca.

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