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Greek Mythology > People, Places, & Things > Antiphates
A to Aegyptus Aello to Agesilaus I Agesilaus II to Akhaia Akhaian to Alkman Alkmene to Anaetius Anakeion to Apaturia Apeliotes to Argos Argus to Arkhidike Arkhilokhos to Astyanax Astydameia to Azov
The king of the giant cannibals called the Laistrygones.
When Odysseus and his fleet of ships anchored in a narrow harbor, three men went ashore to look for the king of the land; the three scouts were led to the house of Antiphates by his daughter.
Antiphates snatched up one of the men and began to prepare him as dinner; the other two men raced back to the ships to warn Odysseus but before the ships could escape the harbor, thousands of Laistrygones mounted the cliffs and began pelting the ships with man-sized boulders; the ships were broken to pieces and the men were speared like fish by the Laistrygones; Odysseus and his crew were the only ones to escape the harbor.
The name Antiphates might be translated as Unspeakable.
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A to Aegyptus Aello to Agesilaus I Agesilaus II to Akhaia Akhaian to Alkman Alkmene to Anaetius Anakeion to Apaturia Apeliotes to Argos Argus to Arkhidike Arkhilokhos to Astyanax Astydameia to Azov
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