The passage in which Odysseus and his men stop at the island of the Lotus Eaters caught my imagination. ‘Quick, no time to lose, embark in the racing ships!’— so none could eat the lotus ...

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is still over a year out, but in the meantime check out Ralph Fiennes’ turn as Odysseus.

Odysseus is the King of Ithaca ... From there, they watched over the world below. Lotus-eaters: The lotus-eaters are people who feed the deadly lotus fruit to their visitors.

Odysseus and his fleet of ships set sail. The journey did not quite go to plan. First off, huge storms forced them to land on the Island of the Lotus Eaters. Odysseus’ men ate delicious fruit ...