Laestrygonians

Greek A race of giant cannibals who devoured many of the crewmen of the ships of Odysseus when the hero anchored near their island. Only Odysseus's own ship escaped this terrible fate, since Odysseus had the foresight to anchor his vessel outside the harbor. In Book 10 of the Odyssey, Homer describes how the giants threw rocks on the ships from the top of the cliffs and then harpooned the screaming men as if they were fish, and carried them off to be eaten.