concept
the Lotus-eaters
Lotus-eaters
also: Λωτοφάγοι
A peaceable people who eat a flowering lotus that makes any stranger who tastes it forget home and want only to stay; Odysseus must drag his scouts back to the ships by force.
Reading notes
- The Odyssey §9.3 the land of the Lotus-eaters
A peaceable people whose lotus-fruit makes any stranger who eats it forget home; Odysseus must drag his scouts back to the ships in tears.