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[124] See crit. note. ‘Harpooning them like fish, they carried them off (φέροντο) for a gruesome meal.’ The ships had been broken up and the men thrown into the water, where, as they floated, they were speared by the Laestrygones, “τριαίναις τισιν ἑτέροις ἀπωξυμμένοις ὀργάνοις” Eustath.

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