Source-groundedThe Odyssey
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Canonical name
Thoosa
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None
Kind
Deity
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Individual
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Phase 6 currently covers 24 processed books.

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Claims

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·Reported

Thoosa is a nymph, daughter of the sea-king Phorcys and mother of Polyphemus by Neptune.

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“Polyphemus is son to Neptune by the nymph Thoosa, daughter to the sea-king Phorcys”

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·Reported
“the nymph Thoosa”

Passage preview

Book 1 · Passage 6

And Jove said, ‘My child, what are you talking about? How can I forget Ulysses than whom there is no more capable man on earth, nor more liberal in his offerings to the immortal gods that live in heaven? Bear in mind, however, that Neptune is still furious with Ulysses for having blinded an eye of Polyphemus king of the Cyclopes. Polyphemus is son to Neptune by the nymph Thoosa, daughter to the sea-king Phorcys; therefore though he will not kill Ulysses outright, he torments him by preventing him from getting home. Still, let us lay our heads together and see how we can help him to return; Neptune will then be pacified, for if we are all of a mind he can hardly stand out against us.’