page_title: Lotus-eaters
hierarchical_section_title: Lotus-eaters
caption_attribution_description: English: 18th-century French engraving of Odysseus (Ulysses) on the island of the lotus-eaters.
context_page_description: 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. Those who ate the plant never cared to report, nor return.
  Figuratively, 'lotus-eater' denotes "a person who spends their time indulging in pleasure and luxury rather than dealing with practical concerns".
context_section_description: In Greek mythology the lotus-eaters (Greek: λωτοφάγοι), were a race of people living on an island dominated by the lotus tree, a plant whose botanical identity (if based on a real plant at all) 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. Those who ate the plant never cared to report, nor return. 
  Figuratively, 'lotus-eater' denotes "a person who spends their time indulging in pleasure and luxury rather than dealing with practical concerns".
caption: Odysseus removing his men from the company of the lotus-eaters
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