The men lost all desire to return to their homeland.
The men lost all desire to return to their homeland.
The men lost all desire to return to their homeland.
The men lost all desire to return to their homeland.
The men lost all desire to return to their homeland.
That is "lotus eaters," encountered by Odysseus and his crew in the Odyssey.
The men lost all desire to return to their homeland.
The men lost all desire to return to their homeland.
The men lost all desire to return to their homeland.
The men lost all desire to return to their homeland.
The men lost all desire to return to their homeland.
That is "lotus eaters," encountered by Odysseus and his crew in the Odyssey.
Odysseus sent three men to seek out the inhabitants of the land and see if they were eaters of bread, i.e. civilized people; the three men encountered the Lotus Eaters and found them to be peaceful and in no way hostile; they gave Odysseus' men the honey sweet fruit of the lotus and the soldiers fell into a state of lethargic bliss and lost all desire to return to their ships.
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.
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.
No. The Lotus eaters only ate lotus plants and were peaceful.
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.
Odysseus and his crew encountered the land of the Lotus Eaters during their journey home after the Trojan War. They stopped there to rest and replenish their supplies, but the inhabitants, who consumed the intoxicating lotus flower, offered them a forgetful bliss that made them lose all desire to return home. Some of Odysseus's men succumbed to the allure of the lotus, prompting Odysseus to intervene and forcibly bring them back to the ship to continue their journey. This episode highlights the themes of temptation and the struggle to remain focused on one's goals.