In search of the Golden Fleece, Jason had the help of several Greek heroes such as Hercules, who was accompanied in his adventure by his favorite, HYLAS, a young man of extraordinary beauty and for whom he felt a deep love.
Hylas, wanting to please Hercules, went in search of the clearest and freshest water he could find until he found a spring inhabited by a group of nymphs, who, in love with the boy, dragged him to the bottom with them, leaving some lotuses on the shore.
In The Odyssey, Homer speaks of lotus flowers as a delicacy that makes one forget…