Here's a hint: if you happen to shipwreck on the island of Aeaea, and an intoxicatingly beautiful woman offers you some refreshment, don't take the bait. The chances are very high that you've just run into Circe, the immortal sea witch. She may seem gracious at first, but as soon as she's done wining and dining her guests, she whips out her magic wand and transforms them into animals. A true pet lover, Circe fills her palace with her formerly human pals, spending most of her days lounging around with her strangely docile lions, panthers, and pigs. Circe is most famous for her appearance in Homer's Odyssey where she transforms Odysseus' men into swine. In the end, though, Odysseus gets friendly with Circe (like really friendly), and the sea witch transforms his men back, gives them directions to the Underworld, and sends them on their way. Hey, maybe she's not so bad after all. Eh…
Basic Information
Name
Circe
Nickname
Kirke The Sea Witch
Sex
Female
Current city
Lives in her palace on the island of Aeaea
Work & Education
Occupation
Goddess Sea Witch
Education
Hecate's School of Witchcraft (a grade-A institution)
Beliefs
Political views
Free love!
Family & Friends (& Enemies)
Parents
Helios (Dad) Perse (Mom)
Siblings
Aeetes Pasiphae Perses
Children
According to some, I had Ardeas, Latinus, and Telegonus with Odysseus.
Friends
Hecate (The goddess of magic and one cool chick)
Enemies
Scylla (She stole that sexy boy, Glaucus, from me, so I turned her into a sea monster.) Aeetes (My brother who's still mad at me for cleansing Medea and Jason after they killed Abysrtus)
"I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals." – Winston Churchill
"I put a spell on you Because you're mine" – from "I Put a Spell on You" by Screamin' Jay Hawkins
"Men are pigs." – Popular Saying (So, why not make them appear as they really are! :-))
"'He calls her Circe,' Mike said. 'He claims she turns men into pigs.'" – fromThe Sun Also Risesby Ernest Hemingway
"I foresaw your departure, Your men with my help braving The crying and pounding sea. You think A few tears upset me? My friend, Every sorceress is A pragmatist at heart; nobody sees essence who can't Face limitation. If I wanted only to hold you I could hold you prisoner." – from "Circe's Power" by Louise Glück