Key Points

- Man-eating Giants who ate many of Odysseus's men and destroyed many of his ships

Brief Bio

Odysseus, the main character of Homer's Odyssey, visited the Laestrygonians land and docked outisde of their harbor during his journey back home to Ithaca. In return the enraged giants ate all of Odysseus's men except those on his ship and destroyed eleven of his twelve ships by launching rocks from high cliffs. Odysseus's ship was not destroyed because it was hidden in a cove near shore. Everyone on Odysseus's ship survived the incident.