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- Circe – Mythopedia
Circe also featured in other myths, including the tale of the Argonauts, in which she was the one who purified Jason and Medea for their murder of the Colchian prince Apsyrtus In another tradition, Circe’s son by Odysseus, Telegonus , wound up killing his father by accident, after which he married Odysseus’ widow Penelope while Odysseus
- Odysseus – Mythopedia
The god Hermes aided in this quest by gifting Odysseus a plant that made him immune to Circe’s magic When he came to the witch’s palace, he demanded that she restore his men to their true form Circe, realizing that she had no power over Odysseus, did as he asked Circe by Wright Barker (1889) Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford Public
- Scylla - Mythopedia
Circe also gave Odysseus two further pieces of advice: first, not to arm himself or try to fight Scylla, as doing so would only give the monster a chance to pounce a second time and kill another six men; and second, to pray to Scylla’s mother, Crataeis, to hold off her daughter from pouncing more than once
- Medea – Mythopedia
Medea was also a descendant of the gods Her grandfather was Helios, the Titan who personified the sun, and she was the niece of Circe, a minor goddess who was also a powerful magician Given her pedigree, it is unsurprising that ancient sources were divided on whether Medea was an ordinary mortal or a divine being
- Metamorphoses: Book 14 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Strait Circe reddens with a guilty shame, And vows revenge for her rejected flame Fierce liking oft a spight as fierce creates; For love refus’d, without aversion, hates To hurt her hapless rival she proceeds; And, by the fall of Scylla, Glaucus bleeds Some fascinating bev’rage now she brews; Compos’d of deadly drugs, and baneful juice
- Odyssey: Book 10 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Circe in vain invites the feast to share; Absent I ponder, and absorb’d in care; While scenes of woe rose anxious in my breast, The queen beheld me, and these words address’d: “‘Why sits Ulysses silent and apart, Some hoard of grief close harbour’d at his heart Untouch’d before thee stand the cates divine, And unregarded laughs the
- 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 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)
- 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)
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