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- In Gr**** mythology, the Laestrygonians /ˌlɛstrɪˈɡoʊniənz/ or Laestrygones /lɛˈstrɪɡəˌniːz/ (Gr****: Λαιστρυγόνες) were a tribe of man-eating giants. They...
- meaning "far-off port" or "big-gated") was the mythological city of the Laestrygonians. In the Odyssey it is described as the rocky stronghold of Lamos. When...
- of the gods, refused to further ****ist him. After the cannibalistic Laestrygonians destro**** all of his ships except his own, Odysseus sailed on and reached...
- of the man-eating Laestrygonians, was named after her. A different authority remarks that Lamia was once queen of the Laestrygonians. Aristophanes wrote...
- Pallas Picolous Polybotes Porphyrion Gration Hecatoncheires Hyperboreans Laestrygonians Menoetius Orion Syrbotae Talos Titans Anytos Asteria Astraeus Atlas...
- previously been killed by the Cicones, four by Polyphemus, and one by the Laestrygonians. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Penteconter. The dictionary...
- to help them again, they re-embark and encounter the cannibalistic Laestrygonians. Odysseus' ship is the only one to escape. He sails on and visits the...
- in ancient sources, are: land of the Cyclopes = Sicily land of the Laestrygonians = Sicily island of Aeolus = one or more of the Aeolian Islands off Sicily's...
- the giants. Thoon Tityos Laestrygonians or Laestrygones: a tribe of giant cannibals. Antiphates: King of the Laestrygonians. Lion-Headed Giants Leon or...
- Lamia according to one scholiast, who also claimed she was queen of the Laestrygonians, the race of man-eating giants. The name "Mormo" or the synonymous "Mormolyceion"...