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The Cyclops is a painting by Odilon Redon depicting a myth starring an unlucky naiad Galatea loved by Polyphemus the most famous Cyclops. Like most Cyclops in mythology Polyphemus was villainized as a wild creature that hunted its victims and then consumed them. This subject had been painted before by artists such as Moreau; however Redon has taken this myth and given Polyphemus a makeover. In Redon’s version Polyphemus is shown as a non-threatening passive creature.
