The odyssey
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Introduction
Characters and Places
Ithaca: The People at Home
The Gods
Homer's Invocation
Part One: The Wanderings
I am Laerte's Son
The Lotus Eaters
The Cyclops
The Witch Circe
The Land of the Dead
The Sirens; Scylla and Charybdis
The Cattle of the Sun God
Part Two: Coming Home
The Beggar and the Faithful Dog
The Test of the Great Bow
Death at the Palace
Odysseus and Penelope
Questions
Home
Introduction
Characters and Places
Ithaca: The People at Home
The Gods
Homer's Invocation
Part One: The Wanderings
I am Laerte's Son
The Lotus Eaters
The Cyclops
The Witch Circe
The Land of the Dead
The Sirens; Scylla and Charybdis
The Cattle of the Sun God
Part Two: Coming Home
The Beggar and the Faithful Dog
The Test of the Great Bow
Death at the Palace
Odysseus and Penelope
Questions
The odyssey
The witch circe
Circe
After escaping the Cyclop's island Odysseus and his men travel to Aeaea where they meet the witch goddess Circe.
Circe
Circe drugs a band of Odysseus' men and turns them into pigs. When Odysseus goes to rescue them, Hermes approaches him in the form of a young man.