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S8E3 - You Odyssey This: Hubris and the Lotus Eaters
Greeking Out from National Geographic Kids
The Three Sailors on the Island
The man held one of the lotus flowers up to Odysseus, and the king had to admit it smelled delicious. But some part of him actually found that concerning. He pushed the flower away, and the soldier looked hurt. Some call us the lotus eaters, he said. Most of us could not remember when we came here. In fact, it seems like we have always been here, and always will be. Once you taste the lotus, all your other wants and needs melt away. You realize that you need nothing more in this world than to be here on this lovely island among the lotus petals.
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