Polyphemus

Monster

  • lives alone in a cave

  • drinks milk instead of wine

  • thinks he is above the Gods

  • twisted Xenia (no respect for xenia)

  • traps the men in the cave

  • heaps of dung in the cave

  • gets drunk

  • kills and eats the men

Keeper of livestock

  • doesn’t kill his animals for meat

  • makes cheese

  • organised animals

  • milks them efficiently and keeps the young with mothers

  • loves his animals (talk with big ram)