2001: A Space Odyssey

What was the effect of the lotus plant

From the odyssey

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The only thing I can think of is an allusion to Homer’s Odyssey. When Dave enters the Monolith, he forgets himself and his mission: the Monolith might represents the lotus-plant from The Odyssey.

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