they become forgetful
If his crew eat the Lotus, they will lose all desire to return home. Odysseus needs the men to return home himself, and he is responsible for these men.
They stay forever.
This did not happen.
The Lotus. He also told them to not eat Helios' cattle.
He carried each men back to the ship and told his crew to tie them down and to not eat the Lotus.
Not to eat the lotus plants
The men who eat the lotus become very content and forget about returning home. They have to be dragged back to the ship by Odysseus so that they will not stay on the island forever, only desiring to eat lotus.
Because then his men wouldn't want to leave.
well, all parts of a lotus flower is edible. So if someone eats a lotus blossom then nothing would happen to them
It made his men forget about wanting to return home to Ithaca. They are content to merely eat lotus for the rest of their lives. If a man eats the flower, they never want to leave the island of the lotus eaters.
The lotus that they eat fills men with contentment. If they become contented just eating lotus, they would never keep their ambitions to go home, and thus never go home.
Their lotus is so potent that it makes his men want to do nothing but eat lotus all day. As a result, they forget about their mission to return home.