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Circe: By: Lauren Oppenheimer

Circe was a minor Greek goddess known for her ability to turn men into beasts. According to Greek mythology, she lived alone on the island of Aeaea and was described as both generous and jealous. She played a key role in Homer's Odyssey, turning Odysseus' men into animals until he outwitted her with a magic herb. Circe has remained a popular figure in Western art.

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Circe: By: Lauren Oppenheimer

Circe was a minor Greek goddess known for her ability to turn men into beasts. According to Greek mythology, she lived alone on the island of Aeaea and was described as both generous and jealous. She played a key role in Homer's Odyssey, turning Odysseus' men into animals until he outwitted her with a magic herb. Circe has remained a popular figure in Western art.

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Circe By: Lauren Oppenheimer

Circe
• Circe was a minor Greek goddess.

• She had the power to turn men into beasts.

• The name Circe came from the verb kirkoo meaning


“to secure with rings”.

• Lived on the island of Aeaea.

• Known for being generous but jealous.


Circe
• Circes story was told in the story of the
Odyssey.
• Turned Odysseus’s men into animals.
• Odysseus was given a magic herb that
prevented him from being turned to an
animal.
• To save him men from being animals
forever he had to sleep with Circe.
Family Tree
Hyperion-Theia Oceanus-Tethys
| |
Helios - Perse
|
Perses, Aeptes, Circe, Pasiphae
|
Agrius, Latinus
Circe in Other Tales
• In another tale Circe was told to have turned
Picus into a woodpecker.

• In another story she was told to have a


daughter named Aega.

• She was also told to have fallen inlove with


Glaucus and turned his love, Scylia into a
serpent with 3 dog heads
Circe

• “The story of circe was a popular


subject in western art to remind the
viewer of the ignorant pleasures that
can turn men into animals” (Chanline
40)
Works Cited
• Chaline, Eric. The Book of Gods & Goddesses: A Visual Directory of Ancient and Modern
Deities. New York: Harperentertainment, 2004. Print.
• "Circe." Wikipedia. N.p., 13 Apr. 1010. Web. 20 Apr. 1010.
<en.wikipedia.org/wiki/circe>.
• "Circe Greek Goddess." greek gods and goddesses. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 May 2010.
<http://www.greek-gods-and-goddesses.com/circe-greek-goddess.html>.
• Hamilton, Edith. Mythology, by Edith Hamilton, illustrated by Steele Savage. New York -
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1969. Print.
• Harry, Tim. "Greek mythology: Circe - by Tim Harry - Helium." Helium - Where
Knowledge Rules. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Apr. 2010.
<http://www.helium.com/items/1503739-greek-mythology-circe>.
• Leeming, David , and Jake Page. Goddess: Myths of the Female Divine. New York:
Oxford University Press, USA, 1994. Print.

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