17:
98:, he sends three scouts to explore the island. They come across the king, a giant cannibal, who then eats one of the men, causing the other scouts to run away. Most of Odysseus' men are killed in the incident, but his boat is moored outside the Laestrygonians' harbour. He is able to sail away, without the bombardment of rocks received by the rest of the fleet who did moor within the harbour. Only forty-five men escape.
412:
125:
The harbour, about which on both sides a sheer cliff runs continuously, and projecting headlands opposite to one another stretch out at the mouth, and the entrance is narrow, ..., and the ships were moored within the hollow harbour, for therein no wave ever swelled, great or small, but all about was
135:
In Greek mythology, the name
Telepylos is mentioned in the Odyssey (k 82, ps 318) the city or country of the Laistrygons ("laistrygonii"). The name, from tele- = far and the door, perhaps according to some authors has the meaning of "eurypylos, megalopylos", or "macropylos" (Eustathius: "at a
306:
299:
292:
26:
453:
477:
272:
472:
229:
482:
446:
371:
91:
156:
have recently been admitted, and the interest in the description -let's think of one of the well-known ports of the
136:
distance from each other, but next to the doors or at the length " ). In the view of the later ancient Greeks (e.g.
439:
346:
219:
190:
62:
284:
149:
204:
267:(1st ed.). Zagreb, Croatia: Profil Multimedija, Profil International, Zagreb. pp. 183–185.
165:
16:
193:. For the Association by the Press of Case Western Reserve University – via Google Books.
391:
366:
268:
225:
423:
361:
329:
153:
102:
419:
172:
as the most probable location, for its unique landscape that corresponds to the verses.
118:
106:
73:
466:
157:
335:
221:
The
Triumph of the Sea Gods: The War against the Goddess Hidden in Homer's Tales
341:
137:
41:
28:
376:
148:( today Mola di Gaeta). The significant Laestrygonian associations with the
411:
72:, meaning "far-off port" or "big-gated") was the mythological city of the
161:
109:. Iman Jacob Wilkens makes a less likely identification: the harbour of
386:
315:
249:
169:
86:
381:
145:
141:
110:
160:-, allows us to believe that is a first and almost perfect port of
144:, while the Romans believed it to be located in mainland Italy, in
356:
244:
15:
114:
288:
427:
191:"Transactions of the American Philological Association"
20:
207:. J. Murray. 22 June 2019 – via Google Books.
189:Association, American Philological (22 June 2019).
117:, believing that Ulysses had in fact crossed the
447:
300:
8:
90:it is described as the rocky stronghold of
454:
440:
307:
293:
285:
94:. When Odysseus reaches the city in the
181:
316:Places visited by Odysseus in Homer's
7:
408:
406:
426:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by
14:
140:, 6.2), Telepilos was located in
410:
1:
218:Sora, Steven (19 June 2007).
478:Locations in Greek mythology
152:or pre-Talayotic culture in
101:It has been identified with
499:
405:
66:
418:This article relating to
325:
263:Boko, Jasen (June 2012).
234:– via Google Books.
42:36.5422487°N 22.3888904°E
473:Geography of the Odyssey
224:. Simon and Schuster.
205:"The Quarterly Review"
128:
47:36.5422487; 22.3888904
21:
483:Greek mythology stubs
123:
19:
372:Scylla and Charybdis
38: /
22:
435:
434:
400:
399:
274:978-953-319-460-8
265:Tragovima Odiseja
150:Talayotic culture
105:, located on the
490:
456:
449:
442:
414:
407:
309:
302:
295:
286:
279:
278:
260:
254:
242:
236:
235:
215:
209:
208:
201:
195:
194:
186:
154:Balearic Islands
126:a bright calm...
68:
53:
52:
50:
49:
48:
43:
39:
36:
35:
34:
31:
498:
497:
493:
492:
491:
489:
488:
487:
463:
462:
461:
460:
420:Greek mythology
403:
401:
396:
321:
313:
283:
282:
275:
262:
261:
257:
243:
239:
232:
217:
216:
212:
203:
202:
198:
188:
187:
183:
178:
133:
82:
46:
44:
40:
37:
32:
29:
27:
25:
24:
12:
11:
5:
496:
494:
486:
485:
480:
475:
465:
464:
459:
458:
451:
444:
436:
433:
432:
415:
398:
397:
395:
394:
389:
384:
379:
374:
369:
364:
362:The Underworld
359:
354:
349:
344:
340:The island of
338:
334:The island of
332:
326:
323:
322:
314:
312:
311:
304:
297:
289:
281:
280:
273:
255:
237:
230:
210:
196:
180:
179:
177:
174:
132:
129:
119:Atlantic Ocean
107:Mani Peninsula
81:
78:
74:Laestrygonians
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
495:
484:
481:
479:
476:
474:
471:
470:
468:
457:
452:
450:
445:
443:
438:
437:
431:
429:
425:
421:
416:
413:
409:
404:
393:
390:
388:
385:
383:
380:
378:
375:
373:
370:
368:
365:
363:
360:
358:
355:
353:
350:
348:
345:
343:
339:
337:
333:
331:
328:
327:
324:
320:
319:
310:
305:
303:
298:
296:
291:
290:
287:
276:
270:
266:
259:
256:
252:
251:
246:
241:
238:
233:
231:9781594777523
227:
223:
222:
214:
211:
206:
200:
197:
192:
185:
182:
175:
173:
171:
167:
163:
159:
158:Mediterranean
155:
151:
147:
143:
139:
130:
127:
122:
120:
116:
112:
108:
104:
99:
97:
93:
89:
88:
79:
77:
75:
71:
64:
63:Ancient Greek
60:
56:
51:
18:
428:expanding it
417:
402:
351:
336:Lotus-eaters
317:
264:
258:
248:
240:
220:
213:
199:
184:
168:establishes
134:
124:
100:
95:
85:
83:
69:
58:
54:
23:
45: /
467:Categories
367:The Sirens
342:Polyphemus
176:References
166:Jasen Boko
138:Thucydides
33:22°23′20″E
30:36°32′32″N
377:Thrinacia
352:Telepylos
131:Locations
80:Mythology
70:Tēlépylos
67:Τηλέπυλος
59:Telepylus
55:Telepylos
253:10.77-96
387:Scheria
330:Ismarus
318:Odyssey
250:Odyssey
96:Odyssey
87:Odyssey
84:In the
392:Ithaca
382:Ogygia
347:Aeolia
271:
228:
146:Formia
142:Sicily
111:Havana
103:Mezapo
422:is a
357:Aeaea
245:Homer
162:Mahón
92:Lamos
424:stub
269:ISBN
226:ISBN
170:Omiš
115:Cuba
57:or
469::
247:,
164:.
121:.
113:,
76:.
65::
455:e
448:t
441:v
430:.
308:e
301:t
294:v
277:.
61:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.