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Cannibal Race

Laestrygonians

By Avi KapachLast updated on Jul 5, 2023

Odysseus in the Land of the Laestrygonians by Theodoor van Thulden, after Francesco Primaticcio (1632–1633)

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Hesiod, Catalogue of Women frag. 150.25–27 Merkelbach-West; Homer, Odyssey 10.80–132; Thucydides, Histories 6.2.1; Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.233–43.
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Kapach, Avi. “Laestrygonians.” Mythopedia, July 05, 2023. https://mythopedia.com/topics/laestrygonians/.

Kapach, Avi. “Laestrygonians.” Mythopedia, 5 Jul. 2023. https://mythopedia.com/topics/laestrygonians/. Accessed on 15 Jul. 2025.

Kapach, A. (2023, July 5). Laestrygonians. Mythopedia. https://mythopedia.com/topics/laestrygonians/

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Avi Kapach is a writer, scholar, and educator who received his PhD in Classics from Brown University

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