Laestrygonians
Publié le 22/02/2012
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Greek A race of giant cannibals
who devoured many of the crewmen of the
ships of Odysseus when the hero anchored near their
island. Only Odysseus's own ship escaped this terrible
fate, since Odysseus had the foresight to anchor his
vessel outside the harbor. In Book 10 of the Odyssey,
Homer describes how the giants threw rocks on the
ships from the top of the cliffs and then harpooned
the screaming men as if they were fish, and carried
them off to be eaten.