We sailed on, though sick at heart
Heavy rowing broke the slaves
On the sixth day, the sun didn't rise

As we headed from the east
Then we came upon land of the Laistrygones
Horrendous legendary fiends


These residents, an old children's myth
The flesh of human men they eat


Bloodbath
Skin reapers

Slaughter
Meat gatherers
Cannibal

Massacre!

The harbors ingress, a narrow precipice

All the boats steer themselves in
I tied my ship to a rock beyond
The entrance to this bordered niche

Three scouts we're sent, on reconnaissance
What abides beyond these cliffs?
At Artakia's stream, they met a giant dame

The daughter of King Antiphates

The towering palace a lofty keep

The gruesome queen stands fifty feet
She called her king to greet his guests
Ripped one in two and ate the rest


The terrifying king cried out!


Arise! Barbaric Laystrigones!
Our meat has come to us. Tonight we gnaw on humans.


Swarms of them came, lawless giant guild
Hurling rocks from the cliffs
A violent roar, from the din of streams

Amid my fleet as men we're killed
Spearing men like fish, to my astonishment
Stacking bodies on a stick

We sailed on, though sick at heart
Barely thwarting perishment


Bloodbath
Skin reapers
Slaughter

Meat gatherers
Cannibal
Massacre!