"Later, years later, I would hear a song made of our meeting," says the hero of Madeleine Miller's Circe, of her romance with the mortal Odysseus. Circe is referring to Homer's version of the ...

Weekend Edition's books editor, Barrie Hardymon, asks Madeline Miller about her latest book, Circe. It's a modern take on the mythological temptress. Author Madeline Miller first encountered Circe ...

An ancient wine vessel depicts the scene from Homer's Odyssey where Odysseus confronts Circe after she transforms his men into pigs. (Metropolitan Museum of Art / (DMN file)) Madeline Miller's re ...

It was presumably the same Circe that plagued Superman and his allies years earlier, although they never explicitly say that she is. Her hair color and overall design were certainly different ...

The magical elements of the production are also shown through scenic design, including the moving ocean waves and the vertical clouds that allow characters to suddenly appear or disappear.

As the unwanted daughter of the titan sun god Helios and beautiful but cold nymph Perse, Circe is no stranger to cruelty or loneliness. But it’s not until she’s banished for all eternity to ...

It’s Madeline Miller’s “Circe,” a novel that reimagines the story of a lesser-known and yet much-reviled goddess and witch from the Greek epic poem “The Odyssey.” “Circe” won the ...