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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.

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Q: Why does Odysseus have to force three of his men to leave the land of the lotus eaters?
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Do the lotus eaters eat Odysseus?

No. The Lotus eaters only ate lotus plants and were peaceful.


How does he get his men to leave the island of the lotus eaters?

Odysseus ties his men to the benches and tells them to row.


Why does Odysseus send three of his best men into the land of the Lotus Eaters?

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.


How many men did Odysseus lose on the island of the lotus eaters?

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.


The lotus-eaters offer Odysseus's crew?

lotus flowers to eat


Who were the locus eaters?

That is "lotus eaters," encountered by Odysseus and his crew in the Odyssey.


Odysseus must do what to escape the island of the lotus-eaters with his crew?

There are only really a few of Odysseus' men who are under the hold of the lotus flower. When they refuse to leave Odysseus has them tied up and forced onto the ship. As the ship sails away from the land of the lotus-eaters the men gradually recover and get their will-power back. Hope this helps ;)


Why was it necessary for Odysseus to take some of his men by force away from the land of the lotus eaters?

His men have eaten an addictive plant with drug-like effects which seduces the men to stay on the island of the Lotus-Eaters


What happened to the men who ate lotus at the land of the lotos eaters?

Odysseus saved them and they left. They didn't live there forever.the lotus' was a type of drug and it made them feel very happy and they didn't want to leave the land of the lotus eaters because they were trapped


What happened to the men who ate the lotus at the land of the Lotos-Eaters?

Odysseus saved them and they left. They didn't live there forever.the lotus' was a type of drug and it made them feel very happy and they didn't want to leave the land of the lotus eaters because they were trapped


What happened to the men who ate the lotus at the land of the lotos eaters?

Odysseus saved them and they left. They didn't live there forever.the lotus' was a type of drug and it made them feel very happy and they didn't want to leave the land of the lotus eaters because they were trapped


What Adventure did Odysseus and his men meet before drifting into the country of lotus-eaters?

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.