Tags: Mythological Figure.
Telepylos or Telepylus (Ancient Greek: Τηλέπυλος meaning: The far-off port) was the mythological city of the Laestrygonians. In the Odyssey it is described as the rocky stronghold of Lamos. Its location has been identified as Mesapo in Greece. When Odysseus reaches the city in the Odyssey 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.