Odysseus recounts his unfortunate travels since leaving Troy. After the victory, he tells how the winds brought him and his men to Ismarus, where the Cicones lived. The men were overcome by greed, and they plundered the land until the Cicones army finally defended themselves. Odysseus loses at least 6 men per ship in this battle, but they do escape.
He then tells of how a storm sent by Zeus torments them for 9 days, bringing them to the land of the Lotus-eaters. The people there give the men the lotus fruit that causes them to become intoxicated. The fruit's effects took away the thoughts of returning home, and the men desired no more than to remain on the island and eat more fruit. Odysseus and the men that did not eat any fruit.....
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