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Causes Of The Lotus Eaters In The Odyssey

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Amanda Yu
Ms. Weksler
English IA
16 February 2016 In “The Odyssey“ there were various events that led to cause and effect situations. One specific event was in the episode “The Lotus Eaters” Odysseus’ men eating the lotus flower in the coastline of the lotus-eaters. The men of Odysseus eating the lotus flower had remote and immediate causes and remote and immediate effects on the event. Before Odysseus’ men ate the lotus flower in coastline of the lotus-eaters we need to know what caused this. Prior to the men landing on the coastline, Odysseus and his men had finished fighting a war in Troy, which was the Trojan War. After this they set sail to home, Ithaca. Then after a while sailing, Odysseus's crew landed on the coastline of the Lotus

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