No. He had to pry his men away from the lotus eaters so he couldn't take any with him.
Odysseus defeated the cyclops in book IX, he also escaped the Land of the Lotus Eaters in that chapter.
Calypso -The external conflict with Calypso is when she was having an affair with the married Odysseus and she wanted him for herself. The resolution came when Athena begged Zeus to allow Calypso to free Odysseus. And it worked. Lotus Eaters -The external conflict was when the Lotus Eaters refused to go home because of their addictions to the Lotus plants. The resolution came when Odysseus tricked the Lotus Eaters to go home by placing all the Lotus plants on the ship. Cyclops -The external conflict was when Odysseus and his men wandered into the cave and then the Cyclops came and blocked the only entrance/exit with giant boulder. The resolution came when the Cyclops was about to eat Odysseus and his men and then Odysseus blinded him and then hid in the wool of the Cyclops' sheep and escaped. Alive. Circe -The external conflict was when Circe transformed Odysseus's men into pigs when he lands on her island. The resolution came with Hermes' help. Odysseus resists Circe's powers and then becomes her lover, living in luxury at her side for a year. Sirens: Scylla and Charybdis -The external conflict was Sirens lured sailors to their death. They would persuade them in and kill them. The resolution was Odysseus made earplugs for his men and had them tie them up.
Because they did not want to return home
Where the Lotus Blooms - 2009 is rated/received certificates of: USA:PG-13
he defeated the suitors he defeated circe he managed to leave the island of the lotus eaters he blinded the cyclops he was the first to hear the sirens and survive
Where the Lotus Blooms - 2009 was released on: USA: 13 March 2009 (limited)
The cast of Where the Lotus Blooms - 2009 includes: Sharon Soldner as Cynthia Jacobs
Surviving and coming home, the main ones were the ciccones, lotus eaters, cyclops, aeolian winds, circe, cattle of the sun, and calypso
Before drifting into the country of the lotus-eaters, Odysseus and his men encountered the land of the Cyclopes. They ventured into the cave of Polyphemus, a Cyclops who ended up trapping them inside and eating some of Odysseus' men. Odysseus then devised a plan to blind Polyphemus and escape, which ultimately led to further challenges on their journey back home to Ithaca.
The Cyclops PolyphemussuitorsCalypso and CircesirensThe prophet in the inderworldCharybdis and SillalaistrygoniansCattle of the Sun god HeliosWhen Odysseus's men open the bag of winds.Penelope's testIsland of the Lotus eatersCiconesSirensThe challenges are not in order the following are the ordered ones:CiconesThe Lotus EatersThe CyclopsThe windsThe LaistrigoniansCirceTeiresias the prophet in the underworld and CalypsoSirensSyllaCharibdisThe suitorsPenelope's test
k wat there trying to say the white lotus is a flower and it bloomed twice thts why they say the lotus of the leaf village blooms twice!
Odysseus shows his bravery by leading his men into battle against formidable foes like the Cyclops and the suitors in his palace. His intelligence is demonstrated through his cleverness and strategic thinking, such as when he devises the plan to escape from the Lotus-eaters or outwit the Sirens.