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The lotus fruit is about the size of the lentisk berry and in sweetness resembles the date. [6] The lotus-eaters even succeed in obtaining from it a sort of wine. [7] Polybius identifies the land of the lotus-eaters as the island of Djerba (ancient Meninx), off the coast of Tunisia. [1] Later, this identification is supported by Strabo. [8]
In 2001, the Lotus Eaters, comprising the duo of Coyle and Kelly, reformed after almost two decades, recording and releasing a new album titled Silentspace on the Vinyl Japan label. [ 13 ] On 13 March 2009, the band announced a one-off concert to be held at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on 25 July. [ 14 ]
The Lotos-Eaters is a poem by Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, published in Tennyson's 1832 poetry collection. It was inspired by his trip to Spain with his close friend Arthur Hallam , where they visited the Pyrenees mountains.
The song was first recorded during a John Peel Radio 1 session in 1982 and, when aired, stimulated a bidding war between major UK record labels. [citation needed] It took some time for the band to find the right producer, [citation needed] but they eventually teamed up with Nigel Gray, who had produced for the Police and Siouxsie and the Banshees.
No Sense of Sin is the debut studio album of English band the Lotus Eaters. It was released in 1984 by record label Arista . It contains their popular single, " The First Picture of You ", released the previous year.
The lotus tree (Ancient Greek: λωτός, lōtós) is a plant that is referred to in stories from Greek and Roman mythology. The lotus tree is mentioned in Homer 's Odyssey as bearing a fruit that caused a pleasant drowsiness, and which was said to be the only food of an island people called the Lotophagi or lotus-eaters .
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The Lotus Eaters is a BBC television drama first broadcast in 1972 and 1973. The series, written by Michael J. Bird , deals with the lives of British expatriates living on the island of Crete , and their reasons for being there.