- Information
- daughter of Helios and Perseis, encountered by Odysseus
- Daughter of
- 👤 Helios 👤 Perseis (Oceanid)
- Mother of
- 👤 Latinos (s. of Odysseus) 👤 Telegonos (s. of Odysseus) 👤 Agrios (Etrurian) 👤 Cassiphone
- Wife of
- 👤 Odysseus 👤 Telemachos
- Has children with
- 👤 Odysseus
- Eponym of
- 🌍 Cape Circaion (Italy)
- Ruler of
- 🌍 Aiaia (unlocatable)
- Killed by
- 👤 Telemachos
- Buried at
- 🏛️ the Tomb of Circe (Attica)
- Cult sites
- 🌍 Cape Circaion (Italy)
- Related Entities
- 👤 Aietes 👤 Aiolos (lord of winds) 👤 Anticleia (Ithacan) 👤 Aphrodite 👤 Apsyrtos 🏺 the Argo 👥 the Argonauts 👤 Calypso (d. of Atlas) 👤 Cassandra 👤 Charybdis 👥 the Cyclopes (Odyssean) 👤 Eurylochos (Ithacan) 👤 Hades 🌍 the Underworld 👤 Hephaistos 👤 Hermes 👤 Jason (Argonaut) 👤 Pasiphae (Cretan) 👤 Penelope 👤 Persephone 👤 Phaidra 👤 Phorcos 👤 Polyphemos (Cyclops) 👤 Latinos (s. of Odysseus) 👤 Leucothea (goddess) 🌍 the Land of the Lotus-eaters (unlocatable) 👤 Medeia 👤 Odysseus 👤 Scylla (sea monster) 👥 the Sirens 👤 Teiresias 👤 Telegonos (s. of Odysseus) 👤 Telemachos 🌍 the Planctai 👥 the Cattle of Helios 🌍 River Oceanos (unlocatable) 👤 Helios 🌍 the Isles of the Blessed 🌍 Colchis (Pontos) 🌍 Aiaia (unlocatable) 🏺 Moly 🌍 the Island of the Sirens (unlocatable) 🌍 the Promontory of Scylla (unlocatable) 🌍 the Promontory of Charybdis (unlocatable) 🌍 the Apsyrtides (islands) 🌍 River Acheron (Underworld) 👤 Parthenope (Siren) 🌍 the Strait of Messina 👤 Perseis (Oceanid) 👤 Agrios (Etrurian) 🌍 Etruria (Italy) 🌍 Liguria (Italy) 👥 the Laistrygonians 🌍 the Land of the Cimmerians 🌍 River Periphlegethon (Underworld) 🌍 River Cocytos (Underworld) 👤 Leucosia 👤 Perimedes (Ithacan) 👤 Polites (Ithacan) 👥 the Companions of Odysseus 👥 the Phaiacians 🏺 the Sting Ray Spear of Telegonos 🌍 Cape Circaion (Italy) 🌍 Argoon (Aithalia) 🏛️ the Tomb of Circe (Attica) 👤 Ligeia 👤 Cassiphone
- Mentioned by
- 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 7.17 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 7.36 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 7.37 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.1 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.24 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 648-767 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 662-711 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 768-800 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 801-819 📖 Homer, Odyssey 10.135-10.139 📖 Homer, Odyssey 10.203-10.245 📖 Homer, Odyssey 10.274-10.347 📖 Homer, Odyssey 10.508-11.49 📖 Homer, Odyssey 12.36-12.141 📖 Homer, Odyssey 12.166-12.200 📖 Homer, Odyssey 12.234-12.259 📖 Euripides, Trojan Women 424-443 📖 Pausanias 5.19.7-5.19.10 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 7.14-7.16 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 7.16-7.18 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 7.18-7.19 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 7.20-7.21 📖 Hesiod, Theogony 956-962 📖 Hesiod, Theogony 1011-1016 📖 Telegony fr. 4 West 📖 Telegony fr. 5 West 📖 Telegony fr. 6 West 📖 Telegony Argumentum 4 West 📖 Heracleitos, On Unbelievable Stories 16 📖 Lucian, Astrology 24 📖 Lucian, A True Story 1.3 📖 Lucian, A True Story 2.35-2.36 📖 Lucian, The Dance 46 📖 Lucian, The Dance 85 📖 Ps-Lucian, Affairs of the Heart 2 📖 Pomponius Mela 2.71 📖 Strabo 1.2.10 📖 Strabo 1.2.36 📖 Strabo 1.2.38-1.2.40 📖 Vergil, Eclogues 8 📖 Ovid, Amores 2.15 📖 Strabo 5.2.6 📖 Strabo 5.3.6 📖 Ovid, Amores 3.7
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, Epitome Apollodoros, Library Hesiod, Theogony Lycophron, Alexandra Homer, Odyssey Euripides, Trojan Women Telegony Pausanias Strabo Heracleitos, On Unbelievable Stories Lucian, Astrology Lucian, A True Story Lucian, The Dance Ps-Lucian, Affairs of the Heart Pomponius Mela Vergil, Eclogues Ovid, Amores
- Mentioned in citation of
- 📖 Homer, Odyssey 10.135-10.139 📖 Homer, Odyssey 10.274-10.347 📖 Homer, Odyssey 10.348-10.374 📖 Homer, Odyssey 12.36-12.141
- Depictions
- 🎨 Attic Column Krater attributed to the Harrow Painter (LIMC Kirke 21) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Bottega V 2, 14, Pompeii (MANN 119689; LIMC Kirke/Circe 2; P-LOD r5-i2-p14-space-e) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di Modesto VI 5, 13, Pompeii (P-LOD r6-i5-p13-space-2) 🎨 Wall paintings from a House in the Via Graziosa, Rome (Vatican 41013, 41016, 41024, 41026)
- Reported depictions
- 🎨 Wooden Chest of Cypselos (LIMC Achilleus 205)