Second reason, after nine days they left Ismarus, they went to a land called Lotus Eater, and Odysseus got curious about the mainlanders and “sent out two picked men and a runner” (Homer 200), and because he was coward and sacrificed them instead of going by himself his crew mates ate the Lotus, “but those who ate this honeyed plant, the Lotus, never cared to report, nor to return: they longed to stay forever, browsing on that native bloom, forgetful of their homeland” (Homer 205-210), and that is why Odysseus is at fault for the three of them who forgot their homeland and main purpose, which is another reason why he is not a hero. Third reason, when they met the cyclop who lived in the cave, the cyclop “caught two in his hands like squirming
