person
Antiphates
King of the Laestrygonians, who began the cannibal slaughter of Ulysses's crews and sank their ships.
Reading notes
- Letters from the Black Sea §2.2 nor Antiphates
Antiphates, king of the cannibal Laestrygonians who destroyed Ulysses' ships; a byword for inhuman cruelty, the opposite of the merciful Augustus.
- Metamorphoses §14.441 Antiphates
King of the cannibal Laestrygonians, whose people destroyed all but one of Ulysses's ships (Odyssey 10.81-132).