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Λωτο-φάγοι

lotophagoi · οἱ

Lotus-eaters

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Where it lives

Odyssey 5 · 0.58/10k
Histories 3 · 0.16/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

Λωτο-φάγοι · Lōto-phagoi — LSJ

Lotus-eaters

Lotus-eaters, a mythical people on the coast of North Africa, Od. 9.84, Hdt. 4.177, cf. X. An. 3.2.25, Scyl. 22, Plb. 1.39.2:—their country was perh. called Λωτοφᾰγία, ἡ, Thphr. HP 4.3.2 (dub.l.): hence Adj. fem. Λωτοφᾰγῖτις Σύρτις Str. 17.3.17.

In the wild

Λωτοφάγοι · Lōtophagoi Herodotus, Histories 4.177.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5185)
Λωτοφάγοι · Lōtophagoi Herodotus, Histories 4.177.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5187)
Λωτοφάγους · Lōtophagous Herodotus, Histories 4.183.2 (DIORISIS sentence 5225)
Λωτοφάγων · Lōtophagōn Odyssey 23.311
Λωτοφάγων · Lōtophagōn Odyssey 9.84
Λωτοφάγοισιν · Lōtophagoisin Odyssey 9.91

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Where it came from

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