The mosaics at the Roman villa at Piazza Armerina in Sicily are the most impressive mosaics from the ancient world. The vast complex has thousands of square feet of mosaic floor surface, and many of the decorations are figural rather than just geometric. This one shows a detail of the hero Odysseus offering a bowl of wine to the cyclops Polyphemus, who has trapped Odysseus and his men in his cave, aiming to eat them all. Here we see the sly Odysseus lifting the bowl of wine to the monster. Polyphemus’s hand reaches towards it, and one can almost discern a smile on Odysseus’s face as he sees his plan working.