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He killed his son, the cyclops polyphemus

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Poseidon punished Ulysses because he blinded the Cyclops Polyphemus, who was Poseidon's son. Ulysses' act angered Poseidon, and as the god of the sea, he had the power to make Ulysses' journey home from the Trojan War much more challenging by causing storms and obstacles for him.

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What did Ulysses do to Poseidon's son to make Poseidon so biased against him?

Poseidon's son was a cyclops who held Ulysses and his men captive on an island. He blinded the cyclops' one eye in order to escape the island.


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Athena did, when Medusa had desecrated her temple by making love to Poseidon there.


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Was Ulysses a demigod?

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