\paperw2700 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 \up2 \cf7 Doubling Cape Malea, in the Peloponnesus, \b \cf15 \ATXht12100 Ulysses\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 ' ships were caught by the winds of\cf15 \b \ATXht10205 Boreas\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 from the north that drove them past \b \cf15 \ATXht10340 Cythera\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 . For nine days they were in the grip of the storm and on the tenth made the coast of Africa, landing in the country of the \b \cf15 \ATXht11210 Lotus-eaters\b0 \ATXht0 .\cf7 A very sweet fruit, the lotus made them forget their sorrows and pains, and also banished all thought of their native land from their minds, along with all desire to return to it. Two of his companions who taste
d the fruit had to be brought back to the ships by force.
