Place in Homer’s Odyssey
Cyclops-land
Lawless country of giants
A rich, unploughed coast where one-eyed herdsmen live in caves with no laws, no assemblies, and no ships. Odysseus goes ashore out of curiosity, and it costs him six men and the sea-god's goodwill.
Bonds
- Polyphemus dwells in Cyclops-land — his cave above the goat-slopes
Appears in
- Book IX The Ciconians, Lotus-Eaters, and Cyclops