Lotus-eaters

In Greek mythology, lotophages or the lotus-eaters (Ancient Greek: λωτοφάγοι, romanized: lōtophágoi) were a race of people living on an island dominated by the lotus tree off coastal Tunisia (Island of Djerba), a plant whose botanical identity is uncertain. The Lotophagi race in the Odyssey are said to eat the fruit of the lotos "sweet as honey". The lotus fruits and flowers were the primary food of the island and were a narcotic, causing the inhabitants to sleep in peaceful apathy. After they ate the lotus, they would forget their home and loved ones and long only to stay with their fellow lotus-eaters. Those who ate the plant never cared to report or return.

Lotus-eaters - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fictional people in Homer's Odyssey For other uses, see Lotus-eaters (disambiguation) . Odysseus removing his men from the company of the lotus-eaters In Greek mythology , lotophages or the lotus-eaters ( Ancient Greek : λωτοφάγοι , romanized : lōtophágoi ) were a race of people living on an island dominated by the lotus tree on the island of Djerba off the coast of Tunisia, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] a plant whose botanical identity is uncertain. The Lotophagi race in the Odyssey are said to eat the fruit of the lotos "sweet as h

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