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He doesn't, he sends them to scout the island and then drags them back to the ship when they eat the fruit.

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Q: Why did Odysseus have his men eat the lotus leaves?
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Why does not Odysseus want his men to eat lotus?

If his crew eat the Lotus, they will lose all desire to return home. Odysseus needs the men to return home himself, and he is responsible for these men.


The lotus is dangerous to odysseus because it makes those who eat it?

The lotus is dangerous to Odysseus because it makes those who eat it want nothing else. Lotus Eaters are people who feed Odysseus's men plants that make them forgetful.


What dangers does Odysseus warn his men to avoid?

Not to eat the lotus plants


What does Odysseus tell his men not to eat?

The Lotus. He also told them to not eat Helios' cattle.


Why does Odysseus have to force three of his men to leave the land of the lotus eaters?

The men who eat the lotus become very content and forget about returning home. They have to be dragged back to the ship by Odysseus so that they will not stay on the island forever, only desiring to eat lotus.


Why did Odysseus warn his men not to eat the lotus plant?

Because then his men wouldn't want to leave.


How does Odysseus trick the lotus eaters?

It made his men forget about wanting to return home to Ithaca. They are content to merely eat lotus for the rest of their lives. If a man eats the flower, they never want to leave the island of the lotus eaters.


How does Odysseus keep his men from eating the lotus flower?

He carried each men back to the ship and told his crew to tie them down and to not eat the Lotus.


How many men did Odysseus lose on the island of the lotus eaters?

Odysseus lost no men on the island of the lotus eaters. He was able to retrieve the 3 men that had succumbed to the lotus' temptation.


Why did Odysseus and his men go ashore at the Land of the Lotus Eaters?

because Odysseus' men were mutinous and they needed to go ashore and find a place to rest and eat.


How does Odysseus save his men from the lotus eaters' island?

Odysseus dragged the three men back to the ship and tied them down, warning no one else to eat the lotus. When everyone was back they sailed off, escaping the island.


What danger did Odysseus and his men face in the land of the lotus- eaters?

In the land of the lotus-eaters there were lotus flowers that poisoned the mind. Once the lotus leaves were eaten, you were addicted to it and would lose your mind and your will to do anything else.