So there's a plant that the men eat, that tastes like honey. It makes them want to stay on the island forever.
So, no men die in the land of the lotos eaters, but it is a nuisance for Odysseus to drag them back.
They become addicted to it and want to do nothing else but stay there and eat it for the rest of their lives
yes you can
lotus flower
The Lotus Flower.
Sacred Lotus flowers do not eat the way people and animals eat. They get nutrition and energy from the photosynthesis process.
In the Odyssey, when men eat the lotus flower, they lose all desire to return home or continue their journey. They become indifferent to everything except eating the lotus flowers. This causes them to forget about their homes, families, and duties.
well, all parts of a lotus flower is edible. So if someone eats a lotus blossom then nothing would happen to them
They stay forever.
nothing
No, lotus flowers are not typically consumed as food. The seeds from the lotus flower are often used in culinary dishes, but the flower itself is not commonly eaten. Additionally, some species of lotus flowers can be toxic if ingested.
It made his men forget about wanting to return home to Ithaca. They are content to merely eat lotus for the rest of their lives. If a man eats the flower, they never want to leave the island of the lotus eaters.
Lotus was a flower. When you ate it you forgot all your memories. In the Odyssey Book 9, Ulysses loses some of his men when the Lotus Eaters give them the plant to eat.
He carried each men back to the ship and told his crew to tie them down and to not eat the Lotus.