Odysseus, the man of twists and turns, washed up on a small island far from home. He sent his men to investigate the locals, but when they didn’t return Odysseus went to investigate himself. He found his men in a happy stupor, so incredibly content that they completely forgot about returning home. Odysseus' men succumb to the lotus. By W. Heath Robinson. Odysseus' men had eaten the lotus: a Bronze Age narcotic.
