Telepylus, city of the Laestrygonians
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Telepylus is the mythical fortified harbor city in Homer’s Odyssey inhabited by the man-eating giant Laestrygonians, where Odysseus loses most of his fleet.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Telepylus | 0 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
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mythical city ⓘ place in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Odyssey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkBy | Homer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Laestrygonian episode in the Odyssey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
cannibalism
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perils of sea travel ⓘ xenia (hospitality) violated ⓘ |
| consequenceFor |
death of many of Odysseus’s companions
ⓘ
loss of all ships except Odysseus’s own ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | other stops of Odysseus such as the Phaeacians’ city ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs |
fortified city
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harbor city ⓘ |
| etymologySuggestedMeaning | “far-gated” or “with distant gates” ⓘ |
| event | destruction of most of Odysseus’s fleet ⓘ |
| genreContext | epic poetry ⓘ |
| guardedBy | Laestrygonian king’s daughter ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
double headlands forming the harbor
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narrow harbor entrance ⓘ place where ships can be moored close together ⓘ sheer rock walls ⓘ steep cliffs around the harbor ⓘ |
| hasGreekName | Τηλέπυλος NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryFunction | to illustrate sudden reversal from apparent safety to disaster ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy | Laestrygonians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn | mythical region of the Laestrygonians ⓘ |
| medium | oral tradition later written down ⓘ |
| mentionedInBook | Odyssey Book 10 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mythologicalCycle | Trojan War nostos tales ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
dangerous stop on Odysseus’s journey home
ⓘ
setting of ambush against Odysseus’s men ⓘ |
| partOf | Odyssean wanderings of Odysseus ⓘ |
| relatedMythicPeople | Laestrygonians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ruledBy | Laestrygonian king Antiphates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scholarlyDebate | possible identification with real Mediterranean locations ⓘ |
| timeOfCompositionContext | Archaic Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| visitedBy |
Odysseus
NERFINISHED
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Odysseus’s companions ⓘ |
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