Rite Freemasonry, Polyphemus is regarded as a symbol for a civilization that harms itself using ill directed blind force. The Polyphemus moth is so named because of the large eyespots in the middle of the hind wings. A species of burrowing tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus, is named after Polyphemus because of their both using subterranean retreats. In folkloristics, the episode of the blinding of Polyphemus is also known as Polyphemsage and classified in the Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as ATU 1137, "The Ogre Blinded (Polyphemus)". See also Telemus Cyclopean Isles Notes References Citations Works cited General references Aristotle, Poetics in Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 23, translated by W.H. Fyfe. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1932. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Hackman, O. Die Polyphemsage in der Volksüberlieferung. Herlsingfors: Frenckellska tryckeri-aktiebolaget, 1904. Retrieved 14 March 2022. Further reading Conrad, JoAnn. "Polyphem (AaTh 1135–1137)". In: Enzyklopädie des Märchens Online. Edited by Rolf Wilhelm Brednich, Heidrun Alzheimer, Hermann Bausinger, Wolfgang Brückner, Daniel Drascek, Helge Gerndt, Ines Köhler-Zülch, Klaus Roth and Hans-Jörg Uther. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2016 [2002]. https://www.degruyter.com/database/EMO/entry/emo.10.221/html (In German) d’Huy, Julien. "Le conte-type de Polyphème: essai de reconstitution phylogénétique". In: Mythologie française, SMF, 2012, pp. 47–59. ffhalshs-00734458f d’Huy, Julien (2015). "Polyphemus, a Palaeolithic Tale?" In: The Retrospective Methods Network Newsletter. Winter 2014–2015, 9: 43–64. d'Huy, Julien (2017). "Polyphème en Amérique". In: Mythologie française 269: 9-11. d’Huy, Julien (2019). "Du nouveau sur Polyphème". In: Mythologie française, 277: 15-18. Mundy, C. S. “Polyphemus and Tepegöz”. In: Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 18, no. 2 (1956): 279–302. http://www.jstor.org/stable/609984. External links Polyphemus and Galatea depicted in statues with a golden harpsichord by Michele Todini, Rome, 1675 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Specific artworks discussed above Polyphemus standing at the top of a cliff, Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1902, at Wikipaintings "Odysseus Deriding Polyphemus", J.M.W. Turner, 1829, at Wikipaintings Galatea Acis e Polifemo, Pietro Dandini, c. 1630, at Art Value fresco, Giulio Romano, 1528, at Webalice Polyphemus with a massive club, Corneille Van Clève, 1681, at Web Gallery of Art "The Triumph of Galatea", Francois Perrier, at Web Gallery of Art "The Triumph of Galatea", Giovanni Lanfranco, Art Clon The giant spies on Galatea, Gustave Moreau, at Muian Polyphemus meditates, at French Government culture site statue of Polyphemus, Auguste Rodin, 1888, at French Government culture site A wrathful Polyphemus, Annibale Carracci, at Web Gallery of Art