Lotus-Eaters (Loto phagi) Greek In Homer's Odyssey, people who lived on the fruit or the roots of the lotus plant.
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Lotus-Eaters (Loto phagi) Greek In Homer's Odyssey, people who lived on the fruit or the roots of the lotus plant. The food made them forget their pasts, their families, and their futures, so that they lived in a state of dreamy bliss. Odysseus and his crew made landfall in the land of the Lotus-Eaters on their way home to Ithaca. Several of the crew became addicted to the food of the lotus plant. They had to be dragged back to the ship by force. "Lotus Land" was probably Libya (2), in North Africa.
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