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πŸ‘€ Circe

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  • Information
    daughter of Helios and Perseis, encountered by Odysseus
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q187602
    PALP
    http://palp.art/browse/circe
    Digital LIMC
    https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/75fUF69TQQ=RxPwJi8xtDQv
    Gender
    Female
    Appearance and powers
    Can metamorphose others
    Death
    Death is narrated
    In the historical period
    Claimed as an ancestor
    Daughter of
    πŸ‘€ HeliosπŸ‘€ Perseis (Oceanid)πŸ‘€ Hecate (rationalized)πŸ‘€ Aietes
    Mother of
    πŸ‘€ Telegonos (s. of Odysseus) son of OdysseusπŸ‘€ Latinos (s. of Odysseus)πŸ‘€ Agrios (Etrurian) son of OdysseusπŸ‘€ Cassiphone daughter of Odysseus and CirceπŸ‘€ Son of Circe (name unknown) ancestor of the Italian MarsiπŸ‘€ Auson father of Liparos
    Wife of
    πŸ‘€ Husband of Circe (name unknown)πŸ‘€ OdysseusπŸ‘€ Telemachos
    Has children with
    πŸ‘€ Odysseus
    Eponym of
    🌍 Cape Circaion (Italy)
    Ruler of
    🌍 Aiaia (unlocatable)🌍 Cape Circaion (Italy)🌍 Scythia
    Teacher of
    πŸ‘€ Medeia
    Kills
    πŸ‘€ Husband of Circe (name unknown)
    Killed by
    πŸ‘€ Telemachos
    Buried at
    πŸ›οΈ the Tomb of Circe (Attica)
    Cult sites
    🌍 Cape Circaion (Italy)
    Related entities
    πŸ‘€ AietesπŸ‘€ HeliosπŸ‘€ Perseis (Oceanid)πŸ‘€ Eurylochos (Ithacan)πŸ‘€ Odysseus🌍 Aiaia (unlocatable)πŸ‘€ Hermes🏺 MolyπŸ‘€ Telegonos (s. of Odysseus)🌍 River Oceanos (unlocatable)🌍 the UnderworldπŸ‘€ TeiresiasπŸ‘€ Pasiphae (Cretan)πŸ‘₯ the Sirens🌍 the Island of the Sirens (unlocatable)πŸ‘₯ the Companions of OdysseusπŸ‘€ CharybdisπŸ‘€ Scylla (sea monster)🌍 the Planctai🌍 the Promontory of Scylla (unlocatable)🌍 the Promontory of Charybdis (unlocatable)πŸ‘€ Penelope🌍 the Isles of the Blessed (unlocated)πŸ‘€ Apsyrtos🏺 the ArgoπŸ‘₯ the ArgonautsπŸ‘€ Medeia🌍 the Apsyrtides Islands (Illyria)🏺 the Magical Plank of the ArgoπŸ‘€ Latinos (s. of Odysseus)πŸ‘€ Agrios (Etrurian)πŸ‘€ CassandraπŸ‘€ Polyphemos (Cyclops)🌍 the Land of the Lotus-eaters (unlocatable)πŸ‘₯ the Cattle of Helios🌍 Etruria (Italy)🌍 Liguria (Italy)πŸ‘€ Polites (Ithacan)πŸ‘€ HadesπŸ‘€ Persephone🌍 River Acheron (Underworld)🌍 River Periphlegethon (Underworld)🌍 River Cocytos (Underworld)πŸ‘€ Perimedes (Ithacan)πŸ‘€ HephaistosπŸ‘€ PhorcosπŸ‘€ Telemachos🏺 the Sting Ray Spear of TelegonosπŸ‘€ Anticleia (Ithacan)πŸ‘€ Hecate (rationalized)πŸ‘€ Husband of Circe (name unknown)🌍 Scythia🌍 Cape Circaion (Italy)πŸ‘€ Creon (Corinthian)πŸ‘€ Glauce (Corinthian)πŸ›οΈ the House of Creon (Corinth)🌍 the Strait of MessinaπŸ‘€ Jason (Argonaut)🌍 Colchis (Pontos)🌍 Argoon (Aithalia)πŸ‘€ Aiolos (lord of winds)πŸ‘€ Calypso (d. of Atlas)πŸ‘€ Leucothea (goddess)πŸ‘€ Parthenope (Siren)πŸ‘₯ the LaistrygoniansπŸ‘€ LeucosiaπŸ‘€ LigeiaπŸ‘€ CassiphoneπŸ‘€ AphroditeπŸ‘€ Phaidra🌍 the Land of the CimmeriansπŸ‘₯ the Cyclopes (Odyssean)🌍 Sicily (island)πŸ‘€ Glaucos ("of the sea")🌍 Rhegion (Italy)πŸ‘€ ElpenorπŸ‘€ Macareus (Ithacan)πŸ‘€ Picus🌍 Ausonia (Italy)🌍 Latium (Italy)πŸ‘€ Hecate (goddess)πŸ‘€ Son of Circe (name unknown)🌍 Italy🌍 the Land of the Marsi (Italy)πŸ‘€ AusonπŸ‘€ RomanosπŸ‘€ Calchos (Italian)🌍 Daunia (Italy)🌍 the Plain of Circe (Colchis)πŸ›οΈ the Tomb of Circe (Attica)
    Mentioned by
    πŸ“– Apollodoros, Epitome 7.14-7.16πŸ“– Apollodoros, Epitome 7.16-7.18πŸ“– Apollodoros, Epitome 7.17πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 1.9.1πŸ“– Apollodoros, Epitome 7.18-7.19πŸ“– Apollodoros, Epitome 7.20-7.21πŸ“– Apollodoros, Epitome 7.36πŸ“– Apollodoros, Epitome 7.37πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 1.9.24πŸ“– Hesiod, Theogony 956-962πŸ“– Hesiod, Theogony 1011-1016πŸ“– Euripides, Trojan Women 424-443πŸ“– Lycophron, Alexandra 662-711πŸ“– Pausanias 5.19.7-5.19.10πŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 10.135-10.139πŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 10.203-10.245πŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 10.274-10.347πŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 10.508-11.49πŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 12.36-12.141πŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 12.166-12.200πŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 12.234-12.259πŸ“– Telegony fr. 4 WestπŸ“– Telegony fr. 5 WestπŸ“– Telegony fr. 6 WestπŸ“– Telegony Argumentum 4 WestπŸ“– Heracleitos, On Unbelievable Stories 16πŸ“– Lucian, Astrology 24πŸ“– Lucian, A True Story 2.35-2.36πŸ“– Lucian, The Dance 46πŸ“– Lucian, The Dance 85πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 4.44.7-4.45.8πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 4.54.1-4.54.7πŸ“– Pomponius Mela 2.71πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 4.46.1-4.46.5πŸ“– Strabo 1.2.10πŸ“– Strabo 1.2.36πŸ“– Strabo 1.2.38-1.2.40πŸ“– Vergil, Eclogues 8πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.190-4.273πŸ“– Ovid, Amores 2.15πŸ“– Strabo 5.2.6πŸ“– Strabo 5.3.6πŸ“– Lycophron, Alexandra 648-767πŸ“– Lycophron, Alexandra 768-800πŸ“– Lycophron, Alexandra 801-819πŸ“– Ovid, Amores 3.7πŸ“– Ps-Lucian, Affairs of the Heart 2πŸ“– Lucian, A True Story 1.3πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.954-13.968πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.1-14.39πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.40-14.74πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.242-14.307πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.308-14.357πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.358-14.396πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.397-14.440πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 15.697-15.744πŸ“– Pliny, Natural History 7.15πŸ“– Pliny, Natural History 25.11 = 25.5.1πŸ“– Pliny, Natural History 13.30.3πŸ“– Pliny, Natural History 30.6πŸ“– Pliny, Natural History 25.10 = 25.5.1πŸ“– Eustathios, Commentary on Homer's Odyssey 1379.19-1379.40πŸ“– Eustathios, Commentary on Homer's Odyssey 1384.30-1384.42πŸ“– Plutarch, Romulus 2.1-2.2πŸ“– Parthenios, Erotica Pathemata 12
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, EpitomeApollodoros, LibraryHesiod, TheogonyEuripides, Trojan WomenLycophron, AlexandraPausaniasHomer, Odyssey TelegonyHeracleitos, On Unbelievable StoriesLucian, AstrologyLucian, A True StoryLucian, The DanceDiodoros, LibraryPomponius MelaStraboVergil, EcloguesOvid, MetamorphosesOvid, AmoresPs-Lucian, Affairs of the HeartPliny, Natural HistoryEustathios, Commentary on Homer's OdysseyPlutarch, RomulusParthenios, Erotica Pathemata
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Homer, OdysseyDionysios ScytobrachionAeschylus, Elegaics
    Mentioned in citation of
    πŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 10.348-10.374πŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 10.274-10.347πŸ“– Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 20 RustenπŸ“– Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 38 RustenπŸ“– Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 22 RustenπŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 10.135-10.139πŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 12.36-12.141πŸ“– Aeschylus, Elegaics fr. 2 WestπŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 10.508-11.49πŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 1.1-1.18
    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; PALP r5-i2-p14-space-e)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di Modesto VI 5, 13, Pompeii (PALP r6-i5-p13-space-2)🎨 Wall Paintings from a House in the Via Graziosa, Rome (Vatican 41013, 41016, 41024, 41026)🎨 Copper Alloy Mirror (Fitzwilliam GR.10.1972)🎨 Geometric Corinthian Oinochoe (LIMC Kirke 56)
    Reported depictions
    🎨 Wooden Chest of Cypselos (LIMC Achilleus 205)
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