J.P. Morgan was famous to sponsor inventors to develop their ideas. Receiving a considerable commission over the inventor's success and results, J.P. Morgan created an empire in America. He dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation during his time, but he is most famous for the sponsoring given to Thomas Edison to create General Electric.
Polyphemus is the one-eyed giant son of Poseidon and Thoosa in Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes described in Homer's Odyssey. His name means "abounding in songs and legends".