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Circe In Greek Mythology

CIRCE

A sorceress, the daughter of the sun god Helios
and the sea nymph Perse. She lived on an
island, where with potions and incantations,
she was able to turn people into beasts. Her
victims retained their reason, however, and
knew what had happened to them. In the course
of his wanderings, the Greek hero Odysseus
visited her island with his companions, whom
she turned into swine. On his way to find help
for his men, Odysseus met the god Hermes, from
whom he received an herb (Moly) that made him
immune to Circe's enchantments. He forced her
to restore his companions to human form, and in
amazement that anyone could resist her spell,
Circe fell in love with Odysseus. He and his
friends stayed with her for a year. When they
finally decided to leave, she told Odysseus how
to find the spirit of the Theban seer Tiresias
in the underworld, in order to learn from him
how to safely return home.
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Circe In Greek mythology, Circe was an enchantress living on the island of Aeaea. In Homer's Odyssey, she turned the followers of Odysseus into pigs. Odysseus, bearing the herb moly provided by Hermes to protect him from the same fate, forced her to release his men.

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