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Circe

In Greek mythology, an enchantress living on the island of Aeaea. In Homer's Odyssey, she turned the followers of Odysseus into pigs. Odysseus, protected by the herb moly provided by Hermes, messenger of the gods, forced her to release his men.

The hero remained with her for a year, and she bore him a son, Telegonus. In one tradition Telegonus searched for his father, but killed him in a fight having failed to recognize him.

Circe also taught Odysseus how to avoid the lure of the sirens' song, and navigate between the monsters Scylla and Charybdis in the Straits of Messina, Sicily.



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If Circe had never done anything worse, I really should not think her so very much to blame.
Tanglewood Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
Out of the high heaven is she summoned, from mystic communion with her own perfection, from majestic labours in the Sistine Chapel of the Stars,--yea, she must put aside her gold-leaf and purples and leave unfinished the very panels of the throne of God,--that Circe shall have her palace, and her worshippers their gilded sty.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
It told of the adventures of Odysseus in Thesprotis after the killing of the Suitors, of his return to Ithaca, and his death at the hands of Telegonis, his son by Circe.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
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