Motif
cannibal giants destroy the fleet except the hero's ship
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A motif of the The Hero's Journey family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome ALCMAEON AND THE NECKLACE. / THE HERACLIDAE. / THE SIEGE OF TROY. / RETURN OF THE GREEKS FROM TROY.; lines 10110-10199 confidence: high
Odysseus sends a herald and two comrades for provisions; they reach the land of the Laestrygones, fierce gigantic cannibals ruled by Antiphates, who kills the herald while the other two escape.
The Laestrygones are described as gigantic cannibals; their king kills the herald, and the giants sink eleven ships while Odysseus's vessel escapes.
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