god
Circe
also: Κίρκη, daughter of Helios
A sorceress goddess, daughter of Helios, famous elsewhere for turning Odysseus's men into swine; the Kiln-song's speaker calls on her drugs to curse the potters if they cheat him.
Reading notes
- The Epigrams of Homer §14 Circe
A sorceress goddess, daughter of Helios, famous elsewhere for turning Odysseus's men into swine; here the speaker calls on her drugs to curse the potters if they cheat him.
- The Odyssey §9.3 so too Circe held me back
The sorceress-goddess of Aeaea, mentioned here in passing before her own story is told in Book 10.
- The Odyssey §10.76 fair-haired Circe
A dread goddess with a human voice who turns Odysseus's scouts into swine, then becomes his lover and host for a year, and finally sends him to consult Teiresias in the underworld.
Mentioned in 2 works (26 mentions)
The Odyssey
- §8.443 Circe
- §9.3 Circe
- §10.241 Circe
- §10.274 Circe
- §10.281 Circe
- §10.302 Circe
- §10.321 Circe
- §10.337 Circe
- §10.383 Circe
- §10.423 Circe
- §10.431 Circe
- §10.438 Circe
- §10.474 Circe
- §10.500 Circe
- §10.540 Circe
- §10.76 Circe
- §11.1 Circe
- §11.60 Circe
- §12.1 Circe
- §12.142 Circe
- §12.192 Circe
- §12.237 Circe
- §12.28 Circe
- §12.294 Circe
- §23.287 Circe