<P> In Greek mythology the lotus - eaters (Greek: λωτοφάγοι, lōtophagoi), also referred to as the lotophagi or lotophaguses (singular lotophagus / ləˈtɒfəɡəs /) or lotophages (singular lotophage / ˈloʊtəfeɪdʒ /), were a race of people living on an island dominated by lotus plants . The lotus fruits and flowers were the primary food of the island and were a narcotic, causing the inhabitants to sleep in peaceful apathy . </P> <P> In the Odyssey Book IX, Odysseus tells how adverse north winds blew him and his men off course as they were rounding Cape Malea, the southernmost tip of the Peloponnesus, headed westwards for Ithaca: </P>

Who eat the fruit of the lotus flower