Word: polyphemus
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...That talkative, bald-headed seaman," wily Ulysses, is supposed to have done battle in Sicily with Polyphemus, member of the gigantic tribe of Cyclopes, who had but one eye, in the centre of their foreheads, and were believed by the Greeks to forge iron for Vulcan. The historical originals of this tribe were probably Pelasgians, who worked in underground quarries, wearing lanterns or flares on their beads...
Davico's "Polyphemus" possesses the virtue (unusual in symphonic poems) of brevity. Its programmatic element is clear and vivid without being unnecessarily involved an interesting work...