Circe is a nymph, daughter of the sun god Helios, banished to the island of Aiaia for using magic to turn a romantic rival into the monster Scylla. Alone, she begins to hone her craft.

T wo new translations of Homer’s Odyssey offer an opportunity to enjoy this famous epic, which is not only an adventure story but a reflection on the nature and limits of herois ...

Scylla did not return his love, and so she fled from him. In despair, and longing to convince her to love him, Glaucus went to see the sorceress Circe. There he begged for a love potion that would ...

“Wild with new strength”, Glaucos quickly abandons Circe for the charms of catty nymph Scylla. Jealous beyond belief, Circe works the same spell and Scylla becomes her true self: a six-headed ...

The Metamorphoses tells how Circe, enraged that the god Glaucos loves the nymph Scylla instead of her, poisons the water where Scylla likes to bathe, transforming the beautiful nymph into the six ...