the historical analysis and interpretive study of symbols or images and their contextual significance; iconography. 2. the study of icons or symbolic representations. Origin of iconology. 1720-1730.
Shrek may well be a work of fiction, but the common consensus suggests that the pug-eared and pug-ugly hero was based on a real person. A famous wrestler, to be precise, who was once known as the âThe Angel.â.
As they left the island on their ship, Odysseus bragged to Polyphemus that he had escaped and in his boldness told the Cyclops his real name. This allowed Polyphemus to ask to Poseidon to curse Odysseus, which served as yet another setback on his journey home.olyphemus is a blind Cyclops, a son of Poseidon and the sea nymph Thoosa, who inhabits an island in the Sea of Monsters. He stole the Golden Fleece at some point in the past and used it to enrich his island. He is portrayed by Robert Maillet in the film adaptation of The Sea of Monsters.