Lotophagi

Edward Morris '"Lotophagi" deals with a hippy commune that drops out of civilisation only to discover that some things are even further removed from the world and values of men than they are.

REVIEW: The Best Horror Of The Year, Volume 2 edited by Ellen Datlow 2010

Falsehoods and illusions ascend to take their place; the prodigal goes back into the country of the Lotophagi or drones, and openly dwells there.

The Republic by Plato ; translated by Benjamin Jowett 2006

Ulysses begins the relation of his adventures: how, after the destruction of Troy, he with his companions made an incursion on the Cicons, by whom they were repulsed; and, meeting with a storm, were driven to the coast of the Lotophagi.

The Odyssey of Homer 2003

It seems to produce in them a manner of dreamy enjoyment, which, exaggerated by time and distance, may have given rise to that splendid myth the Lotos, and the Lotophagi.

First footsteps in East Africa 2003

Odysseus relates, first, what befell him amongst the Cicones at Ismarus; secondly, amongst the Lotophagi; thirdly, how he was used by the Cyclops Polyphemus.

Book IX Homer 1909

Æolus; the Sirens, who ensnare by their song, as the Lotophagi fascinate by their food, -- all these pictures formed integral and interesting portions of the old epic.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 Rossiter Johnson 1885

Cicones at Ismarus; secondly, amongst the Lotophagi; thirdly, how he was used by the Cyclops Polyphemus.

The Odyssey 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1878

Falsehoods and illusions ascend to take their place; the prodigal goes back into the country of the Lotophagi or drones, and openly dwells there.

The Republic 427? BC-347? BC Plato 1855

It seems to produce in them a manner of dreamy enjoyment, which, exaggerated by time and distance, may have given rise to that splendid myth the Lotos, and the Lotophagi.

First Footsteps in East Africa Richard Francis Burton 1855

It is a truth beyond all question, that, when at one time Rome was the abode of all the virtues, many of the nobles, like the Lotophagi, celebrated in Homer, who detained men by the deliciousness of their fruit, allured foreigners of free birth by manifold attentions of courtesy and kindness.

The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens Ammianus Marcellinus 1851