Sirens would have sung them to their deaths, or wrecked the vessel along the cliff if a sailor took it in his head to drive the ship to the shore to get to them.
The Lotus-eaters did not cause harm or threaten to kill them but drugged the men into a blissful state from which they did not want to leave.
While both groups could bring an expedition to a grinding halt, at least with the Lotus-Eaters, the crew was still alive. The Sirens lured sailors to a death on the rocky coast.
Well, eating the lotus eaters made his crew forget about home,and is addicting. It's the same with the sirens.
Sirens would have sung them to their deaths, or wrecked the vessel along the cliff if a sailor took it in his head to drive the ship to the shore to get to them. The Lotus-eaters did not cause harm or threaten to kill them but drugged the men into a blissful state from which they did not want to leave.
Sirens would have sung them to their deaths, or wrecked the vessel along the cliff if a sailor took it in his head to drive the ship to the shore to get to them. The Lotus-eaters did not cause harm or threaten to kill them but drugged the men into a blissful state from which they did not want to leave.
Sirens would have sung them to their deaths, or wrecked the vessel along the cliff if a sailor took it in his head to drive the ship to the shore to get to them. The Lotus-eaters did not cause harm or threaten to kill them but drugged the men into a blissful state from which they did not want to leave.
Sirens would have sung them to their deaths, or wrecked the vessel along the cliff if a sailor took it in his head to drive the ship to the shore to get to them. The Lotus-eaters did not cause harm or threaten to kill them but drugged the men into a blissful state from which they did not want to leave.
Sirens would have sung them to their deaths, or wrecked the vessel along the cliff if a sailor took it in his head to drive the ship to the shore to get to them. The Lotus-eaters did not cause harm or threaten to kill them but drugged the men into a blissful state from which they did not want to leave.
Both experiences involve a type of temptation that threatens to lure the men away from their ultimate goal of returning home. In both instances, the men have to resist the irresistible allure of either the enchanting songs of the sirens or the seductive effects of the lotus plant in order to continue on their journey. The encounters with the sirens and the lotus eaters highlight the theme of temptation and the need for self-control in the face of danger.
The sirens lured sailors to their deaths, and ships to their doom, representing a danger at sea. Lotus-eaters represented the danger of a sailor leaving home never to return for finding peace away on some far away shore.
both Odysseus and his men were lashed to the ship to control them.
The Lotus Eaters came from the island that was called the land of the Lotus Eaters.
Tunisia (land of the lotus eaters)