 According to Dictys, Odysseus fled from Troy after being accused of murdering Aias.He first went north to the Black Sea for a while; he sacked the Ciconian town of Ismarus in Thrace on his way back.After visiting the lotus-eaters he went to Sicily, where he encountered three (or four) brothers, Antiphates, Cyclops, and Polyphemus (and possibly Laestrygon, according to Septimius), who each ruled a portion of the island.