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The fourth panel of the so-called “Odyssey Landscapes” wall painting from the Vatican Museums in Rome, 60–40 B.C.E.. In Greek mythology, the Laestrygonians / ˌ l ɛ s t r ɪ ˈ ɡ oʊ n i ə n z / or Laestrygones / l ɛ ˈ s t r ɪ ɡ ə ˌ n iː z / [1] (Greek: Λαιστρυγόνες) were a tribe of man-eating giants.
The Laestrygonians throw rocks at Odysseus and his men. 36°32′32″N 22°23′20″E / 36.5422487°N 22.3888904°E / 36.5422487; 22.3888904 Telepylos or Telepylus ( Ancient Greek : Τηλέπυλος Tēlépylos , meaning "far-off port" [ 1 ] or "big-gated" [ 2 ] ) was the mythological city of the Laestrygonians
Lamus, a former king of the Laestrygonians, [7] [8] the cannibalistic giants who were later met by the hero Odysseus in one of his journeys. [9] He was the son of Poseidon. [10] [11] [12] Lamus was said to have built Formiae, the ancient seat of his people. [13] Lamus, an ally of Turnus, the man who opposed Aeneas in Italy. He was killed by ...
According to one account, the giant cannibal race of the Laistrygonians was said to have borne from Laestrygon in the isle of Ortygia, Italy. [The Sons of Boreas pursued the Harpies all the way to Italy:] — and about the steep Fawn mountain and rugged Etna to the isle Ortygia and the people sprung from Laestrygon who was the son of wide-reigning Poseidon.
Lamos, a name associated with Telepylus, the city of the Laestrygonians, in the Odyssey LAMOS (League Aiming to Menace and Overthrow Spies), a villainous organization in the television series Totally Spies!
In the next of the Laestrygonians next they neared, where the cannibalistic inhabitants sank his fleet (except Odysseus' ship) and ate the crew. Next they landed on Circe's island, who transformed most of the crew into pigs, but Odysseus managed to force her to transform them back and left.
Ismarus mountain; Samothrace is visible to the south. It is uncertain if this mountain is the same Ismaros as Homer's Ismaros. Ismarus was situated on a mountain of the same name, east of lake Ismaris, on the southeast coast of Thrace. [4]
In Homer's Odyssey, Hermes gave his herb to Odysseus to protect him from Circe's poison and magic when he went to her palace to rescue his friends. [2] These friends came together with him from the island Aeolus after they escaped from the Laestrygonians.