The men lost the desire to return home.
Spending time with the lotus eaters caused Odysseus's men to forget their desire to return home and lose their motivation to continue their journey. They became content and lost their will to leave the island, which endangered their mission to return to Ithaca.
Spending time with the lotus-eaters caused Odysseus's men to lose their desire to return home and forget about their journey altogether. This led to a delay in their journey and a struggle for Odysseus to get them back on track.
The men lost the desire to return home.
The men lost the desire to return home.
Spending time with the lotus eaters caused Odysseus' men to lose their desire to return home and sail away. They became complacent and indifferent to their mission, delaying their journey back to Ithaca. It took a great effort from Odysseus to get them back on track and focus on their goal.
Odysseus responds appropriately by forcibly dragging the three men back to the ship and tying them up. He understand the danger of staying with the lotus eaters, as they induce a forgetful and sedentary state that would prevent the men from continuing their journey home. Odysseus knows the importance of maintaining focus and determination in order to reach their ultimate goal of returning to Ithaca.
The men lost the desire to return home.
Spending time with the lotus-eaters caused Odysseus's men to lose their desire to return home and forget about their journey altogether. This led to a delay in their journey and a struggle for Odysseus to get them back on track.
The men lost the desire to return home.
The men lost the desire to return home.
The men lost the desire to return home.
No. The Lotus eaters only ate lotus plants and were peaceful.
Odysseus sent two men and the man under them to the land of the Lotus Eaters to see what type of people the Lotus Eaters were, if they were friendly and the like.
Odysseus lost no men on the island of the lotus eaters. He was able to retrieve the 3 men that had succumbed to the lotus' temptation.
lotus flowers to eat
That is "lotus eaters," encountered by Odysseus and his crew in the Odyssey.
The men lost the desire to return home.
Odysseus and his men had been in the land of the Cicons and their city of Ismarus before coming to the island of the lotus eaters. Before that, they fought at Troy.