They entered the sumptuous palace, found his wife inside –
a woman huge as a mountain crag who filled them all with horror.
Straightaway she summoned royal Antiphates from assembly,
her husband, who prepared my crew a barbarous welcome.
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 10, lines 123-126. When Odysseus’ crew members enter the palace of the Laestrygonian king, they are in for a shock. The king’s wife is described in a simile as being as big as a mountain crag. When the king arrives the men are met with a brutal welcome.