https://padlet.com/AmyGrace/lotuseatersp2 en-us 2016-12-08 17:21:16 UTC 2017-02-16 17:54:10 UTC hello@padlet.com AmyGrace https://padlet.com/AmyGrace/lotuseatersp2/wish/142620685 2016-12-08 17:24:03 UTC https://padlet.com/AmyGrace/lotuseatersp2/wish/142620685 AmyGrace https://padlet.com/AmyGrace/lotuseatersp2/wish/142621166 2016-12-08 17:25:19 UTC https://padlet.com/AmyGrace/lotuseatersp2/wish/142621166 AmyGrace https://padlet.com/AmyGrace/lotuseatersp2/wish/142621497 The Lotus Eaters, present in book nine of The Odyssey, are described as being "harmless enough," however they are known to eat the intoxicating flowers and fruit of lotus plants.]]> 2016-12-08 17:26:06 UTC https://padlet.com/AmyGrace/lotuseatersp2/wish/142621497 AmyGrace https://padlet.com/AmyGrace/lotuseatersp2/wish/142623512 2016-12-08 17:31:08 UTC https://padlet.com/AmyGrace/lotuseatersp2/wish/142623512 AmyGrace https://padlet.com/AmyGrace/lotuseatersp2/wish/142624306 The lotus eaters are a race of people that live on an unnamed island near North Africa. They grow to be human size and look to be normal humans. The lotus eaters have slowed movements and sometimes look frail. The word used for lotus in this case might have actually meant the opium poppy]]> 2016-12-08 17:33:18 UTC https://padlet.com/AmyGrace/lotuseatersp2/wish/142624306 AmyGrace https://padlet.com/AmyGrace/lotuseatersp2/wish/142624450 When Odysseus arrives on the island of the Lotus Eaters, they feed his crew the fruit and flowers of the lotus plant. The crew is intoxicated by them, and lose all their will to return home; the only way Odysseus can get them to leave is to drag them to the ship and lock them up.]]> 2016-12-08 17:33:40 UTC https://padlet.com/AmyGrace/lotuseatersp2/wish/142624450 AmyGrace https://padlet.com/AmyGrace/lotuseatersp2/wish/142626853 In recent times, the phrase "to eat lotus" means to be forgetful or "to be unmindful."]]> 2016-12-08 17:40:24 UTC https://padlet.com/AmyGrace/lotuseatersp2/wish/142626853