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So sailing on he came to the land of the Laestrygones,1 and ... his own ship he moored
last. Now the Laestrygones were cannibals, and their king was Antiphates. Wishing,
therefore, to learn about the inhabitants, Ulysses sent some men to inquire.
But the king's daughter met them and led them to her father.
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1 As to the adventures of Ulysses and his comrades among the Laestrygones, see Hom. Od. 10.80-132; Hyginus, Fab. 125; Ov. Met. 14.233-244.
Apollodorus. Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Includes Frazer's notes.
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