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title: Odysseus blinding the Cyclops
author: Carole Raddato
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3355/odysseus-blinding-the-cyclops/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Odysseus blinding the Cyclops

_Authored by Carole Raddato_

## Image File

[![Odysseus blinding the Cyclops](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/3355.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/3355.jpg)

## Image Caption

Attic black-figure skyphos depicting [Odysseus](https://www.worldhistory.org/odysseus/) blinding the sleeping [Cyclops](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Cyclops/) Polyphemus, by the [Theseus](https://www.worldhistory.org/Theseus/) Painter, from Boeotia ([Greece](https://www.worldhistory.org/greece/)), 490-480 BCE. (Altes Museum, Berlin)

## Cite This Work

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Raddato, C. (2014, December 17). Odysseus blinding the Cyclops. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3355/odysseus-blinding-the-cyclops/>
### Chicago
Raddato, Carole. "Odysseus blinding the Cyclops." *World History Encyclopedia*, December 17, 2014. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3355/odysseus-blinding-the-cyclops/>.
### MLA
Raddato, Carole. "Odysseus blinding the Cyclops." *World History Encyclopedia*, 17 Dec 2014, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3355/odysseus-blinding-the-cyclops/>.

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