Odysseus and his crew were packing up up to leave the Isle of Lotus Eaters. Some of the men had disobeyed him and ate the flower, but those men have recovered and are on the ship.

He stopped Polites as soon as he went to get on. "What have you got there, Polites?"

Polites glanced at the lotus eater in one of his hands then held up the other, which had an apple in it. "An apple."