The Lotus-eaters.
    The Lotus-eaters. Shortly after leaving Troy, Odysseus’s fleet of twelve ships was driven by storms to Thrace. From there the fleet, now much diminished, was washed up on the coast of Libya, in the land of the Lotus-eaters (Greek, Lotophagoi). These people ate only lotus-fruit, which robbed them of awareness. Some of Odysseus’s men tasted the fruit and were prepared to stay forever in this peaceful spot. They had to be dragged back to the ships and restrained in irons.

Listings are arranged under the following headings:
Odysseus, General list; Odysseus, the Lotus-eaters; Odysseus, Polyphemus; Odysseus, Circe; Odysseus in the Underworld; Odysseus and the Sirens; Odysseus, Scylla and Charybdis; Odysseus and Calypso; Odysseus and Leucothea; Odysseus and Nausicaä; Return of Odysseus; Death of Odysseus; Odysseus' Last Voyage