Herodotus, Histories, ed. A.D. Godley, 4.177.1

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There is a headland jutting out into the sea from the land of the Gindanes; on it live the Lotus Eaters, whose only fare is the lotus.¹ The lotus fruit is the size of a mastich-berry: it has a sweet taste like the fruit of a date-palm; the Lotus Eaters not only eat it, but make wine of it.

Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.

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[1] ἀκτὴν δὲ προέχουσαν ἐς τὸν πόντον τούτων τῶν Γινδάνων νέμονται Λωτοφάγοι, οἳ τὸν καρπὸν μοῦνον τοῦ λωτοῦ τρώγοντες ζώουσι. ὁ δὲ τοῦ λωτοῦ καρπὸς ἐστὶ μέγαθος ὅσον τε τῆς σχίνου, γλυκύτητα δὲ τοῦ φοίνικος τῷ καρπῷ προσείκελος. ποιεῦνται δὲ ἐκ τοῦ καρποῦ τούτου οἱ Λωτοφάγοι καὶ οἶνον.

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1. The fruit of the Rhamnus Lotus, which grows in this part of Africa (continent)Africa, is said to be eatable, but not so delicious as to justify its Homeric epithet “honey-sweet.”

Herodotus Histories 4.177.1

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