Laestrygonians
Tribe of giants in the Odyssey / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the beings of Greek mythology. For the episode in James Joyce's novel Ulysses, see Ulysses (novel) § Episode 8. For the genus of spiders, see Laestrygones (spider).
For Son of poseidon, see Laestrygon (mythology).
In Greek mythology, the Laestrygonians /ˌlɛstrɪˈɡoʊniənz/ or Laestrygones /lɛˈstrɪɡəˌniːz/[1] (Greek: Λαιστρυγόνες) were a tribe of man-eating giants. They were said to have sprung from Laestrygon, son of Poseidon.[2]
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According to Thucydides (6.2.1.) and Polybius (1.2.9) the Laestrygones inhabited southeast Sicily. The name is akin to that of the Lestriconi, a branch of the Corsi people of the northeast coast of Sardinia (now Gallura).