The Land of the Lotus-Eaters

Odysseus has been away in war since ten years ago and he now he’s going back to his wife and son in Ithaca. He and his crew get lost in the way and arrive to an unknown land, they stop there to rest and eat. Polites’s crew went to inspect the area and don’t come back so they decide to go look after. They find them eating fruit, laughing and smiling, Odysseus quickly notices that they are eating lotus fruit and warns them that they will forget about their family and home by the next day. So they all decide to leave and go back to the ship and sail back home.