Anyone with an interest in Greek mythology is bound to have come across the enchantress Circe. Although she is one of the many beings the wily Greek hero and Trojan war veteran Odysseus encounters ...

"I was not surprised by the portrait of myself," Circe says, "the proud witch undone before the hero's sword, kneeling and begging for mercy. Humbling women seems to me a chief pastime for poets.

Based on the witch of the same name from Greek mythology, Circe has immense magical powers. Considered a minor goddess, her most famous account came in Homer’s Odyssey , where she lured men to ...