lotos
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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I came to the conclusion that I had found my way into a forgotten corner of the world, where the lotos flowers still blossomed, and the sooner I was out of it the better.
From A Lost Leader by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
It was a lotos land for all who sojourned there.
From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 by Various
From the depths of the ideal, swarms of bedecked and bejewelled divinities escorted Brahm back to a lotos of azure.
From The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal by Saltus, Edgar
It was the land of the lotos-eaters, and when Ulysses sent messengers to find out where he was, they, too, ate of the lotos fruit.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
He told of his arrival in the country of the Lotophagi, people who lived on lotos, and of the frightful dangers he encountered in the isle of Cyclops.
From Heathen Mythology by Various
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