Beyond the Lines: “The Lotos-Eaters” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Glenn Wright
In Book Nine, lines 84-105 of Homer’s Odyssey, Odysseus tells his host, King Alcinous of the Phaeacians, about a near-catastrophe in the land of the Lotos-Eaters. The inhabitants of this land eat a magical, addictive herb, and feed it to Odysseus’ men, rendering them apathetic and unwilling …
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