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Well, he greeted me in very friendly way and asked me how I was getting on. I told him everything, and naturally in my own tum wanted to know how he was getting on, and whether he had made up his mind to take the trip to Greece again. Beginning:-to talk on these topics and to explain his position, my dear fellow, he poured enough ambrosial speech over me to put out of date the famous Sirens Odyss. 12, 39; 167. (if there ever were any) and the nightingales Odyss. 19, 518. and the lotus of Homer. Odyss. 9, 94. The lotus is mentioned because of its effect. 1t made Odysseus’ shipmates Among the Lotus-eaters fain to stay And gather lotus, and forget their homes. A divine utterance!
