when people eat them it makes them lose their memory, and they can't remember why they would ever want to leave. that is what happened to odysseus's crew. he had to make them fast (not eat), which they cried about, but they finally regained their memory and sailed on.
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The Lotus Eaters came from the island that was called the land of the Lotus Eaters.
That is "lotus eaters," encountered by Odysseus and his crew in the Odyssey.
This did not happen.
They forgot about their journey home and stayed with the Lotus eaters. The rest of the crew sailed home without them.
Lotus was a flower. When you ate it you forgot all your memories. In the Odyssey Book 9, Ulysses loses some of his men when the Lotus Eaters give them the plant to eat.