Srinagar, Sept. 17 -- M J Aslam
Homer is the name ascribed to one or more men, presumed to have lived between 700-800 BC, among Greek . Homer is credited with writing of two epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, which hold central position in Greek mythology & Western literature. The Iliad is the sequel to the Odyssey. Both are classic poetry that will hold sway over the readers till ages lost. It is the Odyssey that concerns the context at hand.
In Odyssey, there is a classical poem of LOTUS EATERS with some eight long stanzas. The central character in this epic poem is the king of Ithaca, Odysseus, who after an unsuccessful war of ten years in Troy, decides to return home, Ithaca, with his army of mariners . While they are on sail & ne...