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Circe – Mythopedia Circe, daughter of the sun god Helios, was a Greek goddess or nymph known for her ability as a sorceress She lived on the remote island of Aeaea and played a part in the adventures of several Greek heroes, including the Argonauts and later Odysseus
Odysseus – Mythopedia Odysseus was a Greek hero from Ithaca known for his cunning After helping to win the Trojan War, he was forced to wander the world for ten years before returning home
Scylla – Mythopedia Scylla was a multi-headed, hybrid monster who haunted a narrow strait opposite the whirlpool Charybdis With her darting heads and sharp teeth, Scylla would pick off unwary sea creatures or sailors who passed too close
Aeetes – Mythopedia Aeetes—powerful, proud, and paranoid son of Helios—was the ruler of the city of Colchis He is best remembered for owning the famous Golden Fleece, which he jealously guarded until it was stolen by Jason and the Argonauts
Charybdis – Mythopedia Charybdis was a sea monster inhabiting one side of a narrow strait, just opposite the monster Scylla Three times a day, Charybdis would swallow up the waters of the sea, only to throw them up again
Metamorphoses: Book 14 (Full Text) - Mythopedia Strait Circe reddens with a guilty shame, And vows revenge for her rejected flame Fierce liking oft a spight as fierce creates; For love refus’d, without aversion, hates To hurt her hapless rival she proceeds; And, by the fall of Scylla, Glaucus bleeds Some fascinating bev’rage now she brews; Compos’d of deadly drugs, and baneful juice
Odyssey: Book 10 (Full Text) - Mythopedia Argument Adventures with Aeolus, the Laestrygons, and Circe Ulysses arrives at the island of AEolus, who gives him prosperous winds, and incloses the adverse ones in a bag, which his companions untying, they are driven back again and rejected Then they sail to the Laestrygons, where they lose eleven ships, and, with only one remaining, proceed to the island of Circe Eurylochus is sent first
Odyssey – Mythopedia The Odyssey, traditionally said to have been composed by Homer, is an epic poem probably written around the middle of the eighth century BCE It describes the Greek hero Odysseus’ wanderings as he journeys home from fighting in the Trojan War
Medea – Mythopedia Medea was the daughter of Aeetes, the king of Colchis, and a highly skilled witch When Jason and the Argonauts came to her homeland to steal the Golden Fleece, she fell in love with Jason and sacrificed everything to help him
Odyssey: Book 12 (Full Text) - Mythopedia By Circe given, and fly the dangerous prey ’ ‘Thus I: and while to shore the vessel flies, With hands uplifted they attest the skies: Then, where a fountain’s gurgling waters play, They rush to land, and end in feasts the day: They feed; they quaff; and now (their hunger fled) Sigh for their friends devour’d, and mourn the dead;