Lotus-eaters

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title: Lotus-eaters
text: In Greek mythology, the lotus-eaters were a race of people living on an island dominated by the lotus tree, a plant whose botanical identity is uncertain. 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. Figuratively, 'lotus-eate
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description: Fictional people in Homer's Odyssey
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus-eaters
date created: 2002-09-07T19:28:07Z
date modified: 2024-09-05T03:49:36Z
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