Laestrygonians
The Laestrygonians are a tribe of giant cannibals from ancient Greek mythological times.
Odysseus, the main character of
Homer's
Odyssey, visited them during his journey back home to Ithaca. The giants ate one of Odysseus' men and destroyed eleven of his twelve ships. Everyone that was on Odysseus' ship survived.
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Laestrygones
[Greek heroic] The Laestrygones were a race of giant cannibals who played a gruesome part in the Odyssey. They were ruled by Lamus. At Telepylos, they threw rocks and boulders at Odysseus' fleet and destroyed every ship except that of Odysseus. The Laestrygones massacred those whose ships were wrecked and took their corpses with them to eat.