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==References == | <p> n ancient people inhabiting a district of Cyrenaica, on the NE. coast of Africa, who lived on the fruit of the lotus-tree, from which they made wine. [[Ulysses]] and his companions in their wanderings landed on their shores, but the soothing influence of the lotus fruit so overpowered them with languor, that they felt no inclination to leave, or any more a desire to pursue the journey homewards. See Tennyson's poem "The Lotus-eaters." </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_76229"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/lotus+eaters Lotus Eaters from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_76229"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/lotus+eaters Lotus Eaters from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:40, 15 October 2021
Lotus Eaters [1]
n ancient people inhabiting a district of Cyrenaica, on the NE. coast of Africa, who lived on the fruit of the lotus-tree, from which they made wine. Ulysses and his companions in their wanderings landed on their shores, but the soothing influence of the lotus fruit so overpowered them with languor, that they felt no inclination to leave, or any more a desire to pursue the journey homewards. See Tennyson's poem "The Lotus-eaters."
