Medici Monday

Unknown to lovers Acis and Galatea the hideous Cyclops Polyphemus, son of Poseidon, hovers just above.

Medici Fountain

 Jardin du Luxembourg

 

Beastly

True to its beastly nature, "the hulking Polyphemus makes a show of hospitality at first, but soon turns hostile" - Summary Book 9 - The Odyssey

 

Medici Fountain
Jardin du Luxembour

 

 

Medici Fountain #2: Green-eyed monster

 

The one-eyed hulk Polyphemus, who's been stalking the nymph Galatea, sneaks up to find her in the arms of Acis, her lover, and flies into a rage.

 

 

Medici Fountain

 

The "green-eyed monster" looms over two young lovers, consumed by jealousy.

 

Above: the Fontaine Médicis is a magical oasis in the Jardin du Luxembourg crowned by an enormous sculpture often mistaken for Poseidon, but it's Poseidon's son Polyphemus, the Cyclops from Greek mythology