On the tenth day after leaving Troy ，Odysseus and his men came to an island，where the people only took lotus fruit and flowers as their food.This plant had such a magic effect on its eaters that it could make them forget their past and produce a dreamy laziness over them.When Odysseus' men arrived，they were kindly invited by the people on the is land to eat the sweet food.Its magic power began to work on the immediately.They fell into a deep daydream.They lost all wishes for future，To them the sea and ship appeared dull and hateful.And they were not eager to see wife，child and kingdom.When he saw no trace of his men coming back，Odysseus became suspicious.He set out with some well armed men to find out the truth.It did not take him long to find out the magic effect of the food.Not allowing his followers to touch the plant，he ordered them to drag their lazy friends back to their ship.There he had them tied to the benches until they slept off the harmful effect of the lotus .Without hesitation they set sail，leaving the dreamy lotus eaters behind website promotion agency.
King Pandion of Athens had two daughters，Procne and Philomela.When Athens was threatened by the wild men，King Tereus of Thrace came to its help.Out of gratitude King Pandion offered Tereus either of his daughters in marriage and the Thracian king chose Procne as wife. For years they lived in Thrace and had one son，Itylus by name.Then Procne became homesick and longed to see her dear sister Philomela.At her repeated requests Tereus sailed to Athens to fetch Philomela.On the way back his evil heart took flame at the sight of Philomela who was then in her beauty of maidenhood . He seized and carried her away by force，cut out her tongue and imprisoned her in a lonely hut in the woods.To Procne he lied，saying that Philomela was dead.Philomela stayed in prison for a year，where she had woven her painful story into the web of a robe .Then she managed to send the robe to her sister. As soon as she received the web Procne came over to the woods and to refer sister away from the keepers .
