When he went to Circe to ask for a love potion to win her, the sorceress herself fell in love with him.

There, he met and fell in love with Circe, a working class secretary.

This takes its beginning from Homer ’ s account, but it is then embroidered ; in particular, Circe ’ s love for Ulysses remains unrequited.

Circe, surprised by Odysseus ' resistance, agreed to change his men back to their human form in exchange for Odysseus ' love.

The witch Circe turned him into a woodpecker for scorning her love.

The witch Circe turned her husband Picus into a woodpecker because he scorned her love.

Nonetheless, he fails again to make love, as Circe has Chrysis and him flogged ( 132 ).

According to Homer, Circe suggested two alternative routes to Odysseus to return to Ithaca: toward the " Wandering Rocks " where King Aeolus reigned or passing between the dangerous Scylla and the whirlpool Charybdis, conventionally identified with the Strait of Messina.

An English mural from 1580 with Circe changing the companions of Ulysses into animals

There is a very different interpretation of the encounter with Circe in John Gower's long didactic poem Confessio Amantis ( 1380 ).

Ulysses is depicted as deeper in sorcery and readier of tongue than Circe and through this means leaves her pregnant with Telegonus.

In addition, the 2003 Radio Tales drama " Homer's Odyssey: Voyage to the Underworld " retells the portion of Homer's epic featuring Circe, followed by the voyage to Hades to consult with Tiresias.

* The Mask of Circe ( with Henry Kuttner ; 1948 )

The Argo then spoke and said that they should seek purification with Circe, a nymph living on the island of Aeaea.

While Scylla was bathing in the sea, the jealous Circe poured a potion into the sea water which caused Scylla to transform into a monster with four eyes, six long necks equipped with grisly heads, each of which contained three rows of sharp teeth.

After Telegonus realized he had killed his father, he brought the body to his mother Circe, along with Telemachus and Penelope.

Circe, with Poseidon, in turn, begat Phaunos, god of the forest, and, with Dionysos, mothered Comos, god of revelry and festivity.

After coupling with Odysseus, Circe would later give birth to Agrius, Latinus, and Telegonos.

She was the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis, niece of Circe, granddaughter of the sun god Helios, and later wife to the hero Jason, with whom she had two children, Mermeros and Pheres.

Grainne defended it against them successfully, and apparently the Joyces were so impressed with her abilities in battle that they renamed it Caisleán na Circe, the " Hen's Castle ," the name by which it is still known.

The origin of the name is uncertain: it has naturally been connected with the legend of Circe, and Victor Bérard ( in Les Phéniciens et l ' Odyssée, ii.

The view from the highest summit of the promontory ( which is occupied by ruins of a platform attributed to a temple of Venus or Circe ) is remarkably beautiful ; the whole mountain is covered with fragrant shrubs.

In other story of the Epic Cycle, subsequent to Odysseus ' death, Penelope marries his son by Circe, Telegonus, with whom she becomes the mother of Italus.

After Odysseus ' death Telemachus returns to Aeaea with Telegonus and Penelope, and there marries Circe.

TELEGONUS ), or that he married Cassiphone, a daughter of Circe, but in a quarrel with his mother-in-law he slew her, for which in his turn he was killed by Cassiphone ( Tzetz.

After making a truce with Odysseus, Circe advises him to see the prophet Tiresias for more advices to safely go back home.

In Hesiod's Theogony, Latinus was the son of Odysseus and Circe who ruled the Tyrsenoi, presumably the Etruscans, with his brothers Ardeas and Telegonus.

This version is not properly compatible with the Greek one: the Trojan War had ended only eight years earlier, and Odysseus only met Circe a couple of months later, so any son of the pair could only be seven years old, whereas the Roman Latinus had an adult daughter by this time.

From there, Circe would ask him to bed, but Hermes advised caution, for even there the goddess would be treacherous.

Circe eventually informed him who his absent father was and, when he set out to find Odysseus, gave him a poisoned spear.

Hermes warned Odysseus about Circe and gave Odysseus a drug called moly which gave him resistance to Circe ’ s magic.

On his voyage to the underworld, Odysseus follows instructions given to him by Circe, a goddess who is the daughter of the sun-god Helios.

Under the direction of Circe, a powerful sorceress, Odysseus travels to the underworld ( katabasis ) in order to gain insight about his impending voyage home by raising the spirits of the dead through the use of spells which Circe has taught him.

When Telegonus grew up, Circe sent him to find Odysseus, who by this time had finally returned to Ithaca from the Trojan War.

Odysseus refers to him as his dearest friend, though he is only mentioned twice, once as part of Eurylochus's scouting group on Circe's island ( he is one of the first to enter Circe's palace ) and then when, after a year, he convinces Odysseus to leave Circe.

A maid named Chrysis flirts with Encolpius and brings to him her beautiful mistress Circe, who asks him for sex.

Odysseus has been warned by both Circe and the shade of Tiresias to avoid Thrinacia, but his men beg him to let them stop and rest.

This is where the Circe turned Odysseus men into animals and cast her spell on and seduced him and lived with him for a over a year.

Attempting to manipulate Green Arrow ( Connor Hawke ) and new hero Aztek into betraying the League — Hawke was seemingly seduced by Circe into believing that the League looked down on him and Luthor revealed that he had provided the financial support necessary to create Aztek's armour —, Luthor had intended to force the League to disband and subsequently form a new League under his control.

Circe, now Sionis ' fiancée, broke up with him in front of his entire staff.

Black Mask then demanded that Circe rejoin him, or face the " full facial treatment ", as the Wayne executives had.

On the goddess Athena's advice, Circe tells him the name of his father.