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LAESTRYGONES
, a mythical See also:race of giants and cannibals
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According to the Odyssey (x
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8o) they dwelt in the farthest See also:north, where the nights were so See also:short that the shepherd who was See also:driving out his See also:flock met another driving it in
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This feature of the See also:tale contains some hint of the See also:long nightless summer in the See also:Arctic regions, which perhaps reached the Greeks through the merchants who fetched See also:amber from the Baltic coasts
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See also:Odysseus in his wanderings arrived at the See also:coast inhabited by the Laestrygones, and escaped with only one See also:ship, the See also:rest being sunk by the giants with masses of See also:rock
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Their See also:chief See also:city was Telepylus, founded by a former See also: |
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