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- Circe - Mythopedia
Circe, daughter of the sun god Helios, was a Greek goddess or nymph known for her ability as a sorceress She lived on the remote island of Aeaea and played a part in the adventures of several Greek heroes, including the Argonauts and later Odysseus
- Aeetes - Mythopedia
Greek Aeetes belongs to a very early stratum of Greek mythology The earliest literary reference to him can be found in Homer (eighth century BCE), where he is mentioned as the wicked brother of Circe in Book 10 of the Odyssey (135ff) Aeetes’ genealogy was also outlined by Hesiod (eighth seventh century BCE) in his Theogony (956ff)
- Odysseus - Mythopedia
The Best of The Achaeans: Concepts of the Hero in Archaic Greek Poetry Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1979 Rose, H J A Handbook of Greek Mythology London: Methuen, 1929 Smith, William “Odysseus ” In A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology London: Spottiswoode and Company, 1873 Perseus Digital Library
- Medea – Mythopedia
Medea, like most princesses of Greek mythology, was usually depicted as a beautiful woman in both literature and art But Medea’s most important attribute was her skill as a witch and magician She was usually associated with Hecate, a goddess of magic—an association that presumably had something to do with her own abilities
- Scylla - Mythopedia
Scylla was a multi-headed, hybrid monster who haunted a narrow strait opposite the whirlpool Charybdis With her darting heads and sharp teeth, Scylla would pick off unwary sea creatures or sailors who passed too close
- Mythopedia – Encyclopedia of Mythology
Greek Text Odyssey The Odyssey, traditionally said to have been composed by Homer, is an epic poem probably written around the middle of the eighth century BCE It describes the Greek hero Odysseus’ wanderings as he journeys home from fighting in the Trojan War
- Odyssey - Mythopedia
Circe initially transforms several of Odysseus’ men into swine, but she eventually restores them to their original form and even grants hospitality to Odysseus and his companions (Book 10) Attic red-figure lekythos (oil jar) showing Odysseus threatening Circe by the Nikon Painter (ca 480–470 BCE)
- Charybdis - Mythopedia
The sorceress Circe had warned him that he was better off sailing close to Scylla and losing a handful of his men, rather than sailing too close to Charybdis and losing his whole ship and crew [7] Odysseus followed Circe’s instructions: as he sailed by Scylla, six of his men were snatched up and eaten (one for each of Scylla’s heads) [8]
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