Odysseus and his companions arrived at the land of the one-eyed Cyclops Polyphemus, who was the son of Poseidon (god of the sea) and Thoosa. Soon they were imprisoned in the Cyclops's cave. Odysseus used the wine had had received as a gift from the king of the Cicones to get Polyphemus drunk. he then blinded him with a wooden stake hardened in the fire. He thus managed to get away with his companions from the island where they were kept as prisoners.