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Classical Mythology and Ancient History > the Greek heroic legends (I) > adventures of the Greeks after the fall of Troy: the wanderings of Ulysses (Homer, Odyssey) > wanderings of Ulysses: from the Cicones to Scylla > Ulysses comes to the land of the Laestrygones, the cannibal giants, who devour some of Ulysses' comrades and destroy their ships (Homer, Odyssey X)

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94I15Ulysses comes to the land of the Laestrygones, the cannibal giants, who devour some of Ulysses' comrades and destroy their ships (Homer, Odyssey X)  

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Subject

  • ancient history
  • cannibalism
  • classical antiquity
  • cycle
  • destruction
  • devouring
  • epic
  • giant
  • Greek legend
  • hero
  • heroic legend
  • history
  • Homer, Odyssey
  • Homer, Odyssey 10
  • Laestrygones
  • legend
  • mythology
  • returning
  • sailing
  • ship
  • Ulysses
  • wandering

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  • 94I15

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