#thoosa

Not Polyphemus but his mama, Thoosa, designed by yours truly.

I like thinking that he takes after her in just about everything (size, strength, overall appearance, idgaf type personality), and she was the one that convinced Poseidon to avenge her boy in Hadesverse.

“"[Poseidon talking about Dionysus’ invasion of India]: […] many cycles, seven years, feeding the varying hopes of endless strife, because all the foremost champions of your great contest lack one, Polyphemos the invincible. If my son the Cyclops had come to your conflict, and brandished the prong of my trident, his father's, then indeed as the ally of Dionysos he would have pierced the chest of horned Deriades on this field — he would have destroyed a great and terrible host with my threetooth, and slain the whole Indian nation in one day! Before this another son of mine with a hundred hands helped your Father to destroy the Titans, Aigaion many-arm, when he put Cronos to flight and stretched the farspread legion of his high-climbing arms and shadowed the sun with hair flying high over his neck, so that the grim Titans were driven from Olympos cringing, before the attack of Briareos and all his arms!"

So he spoke, in a tone of grudging jealousy; and Thoosa sank down her cheeks in shame that lovesick Polyphemos was not present in the battle.”

- Nonnus, Dionysiaca

This is killing me. They’re so disappointed that their son isn’t a great warrior 😭

“[Polyphemus to Galatea]: I fell in love with you, girl, when first you came with my mother to gather hyacinth flowers from the hill, and I led the way. […] If only my mother had borne me with gills, so that I could have come down to you and kissed your hand (if you do not want me to kiss your mouth) […] Only my mother treats me badly, and it’s her that I blame: she has never once said a kind word to you on my behalf, even though she sees me growing thinner by the day. I shall tell her that my head and both my feet are throbbing, so that she may suffer, since I am suffering too.”

- Theocritus, Idylls 11

The other cyclops in Remember them, I think it's canon that they are Polyphemus siblings so I had fun and made two brothers (so they are three like the first set of cyclops).

Draft of Iuvenis

-youngest of the trio (aka the baby brother)

-looks the most and is closer to Thoosa (mama's boy if you will)

-can be very annoying if desired

-and sadistic at that

-tho he is afraid of he's eldest brother (only moments he stop yapping)

-hates not being taken seriously

- his name means youthful

-he's the most open in terms of conversation (life is boring to him)

Draft of Algus

(He's a hard one and doesn't have much rigth now😅)

-The eldest of the brothers

-and the forgotten child despite being the first (he's been ignored since he's none of the parents fav)

-The curse of the oldest who has to take care of the youngest

-dead stare or crow of judgment your choice 👁️

-can't communicate for sh*t

-coldest shoulder of the three

-big boy big man who'll keep you at arms length

-he likes to craft stuff like jewelry using bones and gave some to his brothers a few times

-his name means cold

-ironically he hates being cold

Draft of Polyphemus

-I kinda headcanon him being Poseidon's fav out of the three cyclops

-The reason why is because he's very much the son his father

-aka the blue haired middle child who is obssest with a specific four legged animal

-speaking of sheep, I also headcanon that he dosen’t use his sheeps for meat just wool and cheese.

-It's his brothers's own flook that provides that.

-He likes his to much to eat them (sees them more as pet/friend)

-I like the idea of him having intrest in music and poetry (even if he's fairly uneducated)

GREEK MYTHOLOGY 3/100

Thoosa ||| Θόοσα ||| The goddess of swift currents