The work is a visual chronicle of the brutal attack on Lamos. At the center, the two eyes of the Laistrygonian kings rise like beacons of wrath, while the island itself seems to explode, hurling chunks of earth, rocks, and fury. The fish that appear throughout the piece are not just aquatic creatures; they are a metaphor for Odysseus’s crew, captured, defenseless, and sacrificed in an act of revenge.