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Laestrygonian Harbor
The enclosed harbour of the giant Laestrygonians in Odyssey 10, where the giants speared Odysseus's men and smashed eleven of his twelve ships; only his own ship, moored outside, escaped.
About Laestrygonian Harbor
A harbor that bites
Still in Odyssey 10, the Laestrygonians' fjord looks safe: a land-locked harbor, a king's daughter at a spring, then giants who spear men like fish and smash eleven of twelve ships. Odysseus has moored outside, so only his own ship escapes. Later readers guessed Corsica or Formiae. There is no cult. The episode is fleet-destruction in a few dozen lines, a false haven after the wind-bag.
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Laestrygonian Harbor among other places of the Greek Pantheon.
Sources and further reading
Source notes
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- Homer, Odyssey 10
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