people
The Laestrygonians
Laestrygonians
A race of cannibal giants whose king Antiphates destroyed all of Ulysses's ships but one by hurling rocks and beams (Odyssey 10).
Reading notes
- Letters from the Black Sea §4.10 the Laestrygonian's city
The Laestrygonians, the cannibal giants who wrecked Ulysses' fleet; even their land, Ovid says, is no match for the savagery ringing Tomis.