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The Lotus Eaters are an English new wave band formed in 1981 in Liverpool. Their debut single, "The First Picture of You", became a hit in the UK and in continental Europe, notably France, Italy, Belgium and Spain.
And round about the keel with faces pale, Dark faces pale against that rosy flame, The mild-eyed melancholy Lotos-eaters came. Branches they bore of that enchanted stem, Laden with flower and fruit, whereof they gave. To each, but whoso did receive of them, And taste, to him the gushing of the wave.
In Greek mythology, the lotus-eaters ( Greek: λωτοφάγοι, translit. lōtophágoi) were a race of people living on an island dominated by the lotus tree, a plant whose botanical identity is uncertain.
A poem inspired by Homer's Odyssey, depicting the lotus-eaters' life of dreamy lethargy and indifference to the world. The poem contrasts their state with the hardships and sorrows of life, and explores the themes of death, peace, and freedom.
The mariners are greeted by the “mild-eyed melancholy Lotos-eaters,” whose dark faces appear pale against the rosy sunset. These Lotos-eaters come bearing the flower and fruit of the lotos, which they offer to Odysseus’s mariners.
12 de dic. de 2023 · Learn about the Lotus-Eaters, a tribe who lived on an island and ate a lotus plant that made them forget their goals and time. Find out how Odysseus and his men encountered them and what the lotus plant might have been.
20 de jul. de 2023 · The poem depicts a group of sailors who encounter an island of lotus-eaters, who live in a state of blissful forgetfulness. The poem explores the temptation of escaping the burdens of life and the conflict between duty and pleasure.
