# Antiphates — The Odyssey character guide

> Antiphates in The Odyssey by Homer.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** King Antiphates

**First appearance:** 0010-book-ix-the-ciconians-lotus-eaters-and-cyclops

## Who they are

The king of the man-eating Laestrygonians who destroys all but one of Ulysses' ships.

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