In Greek mythology, the lotus-eaters (Greek, lōtophagoi), also referred to as the lotophagi or lotophaguses (singular lotophagus, ) or lotophages (singular lotophage, ), were a race of people from an island near North Africa dominated by "lotus" plants. The lotus fruits and flowers were the primary food of the island and were narcotic and addictive, causing the people to sleep in peaceful apathy. Scholarly attempts to link the lotos with a known narcotic have never convinced a broad spectr… (More on Lotus-eaters)