Greeks and Geeks

Circe


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The famous witch of The Odyssey, The Aeneid, Percy Jackson and...Assassins Creed? Circe is a character who's story has been interpreted many times over the centuries. Who is she really? And do the feminist retellings of her do her justice?

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Sources:

  • The Odyssey- Emily Wilson Translation
  • The Aeneid- Virgil
  • Greek Myths That Shape the Way We Think- Richard Buxton
  • The Return of Ulysses: A Cultural History of Homer's Odyssey- Edith Hall
  • The Hidden Seduction: Circe and the Sirens in the Aeneid- Laura Aresi
  • (Youtube video)Translating the Odyssey: How and Why- Emily Wilson
  • John William Waterhouse paintings of Circe.


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