lotus eater
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Like the gods of the Lotus-eater, they lay beside their nectar, rarely communing with ordinary mortals except to give an order or set a punishment.
From Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)
It was a land of the Lotus-eater "In which it seemed always afternoon."
From Three Elephant Power and Other Stories by Paterson, A. B. (Andrew Barton)
Thus we mark the inner transition: the active principle of that which was a passive Lotus-eater is the Cyclops, a Polyphemus.
From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Snider, Denton Jaques
The Lotus-eater gave up family and country; "chewing the lotus, he forgot the return."
From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Snider, Denton Jaques
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