Circe Greek Goddess

Both Odysseus and Rainsford go through life or death experiences and come out alive, but how did they both do it? In The Odyssey, Odysseus faces many obstacles that he has to overcome in order to make it back home to his friends and family stationed in his homeland, Ithaca. In “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, Sanger Rainsford is hunted by General Zaroff and has to use whatever means possible to win the game. Odysseus and Rainsford come out alive in the end because they share similar traits. For example, they show great self-discipline and they know how to use their wits.

In the book when Milkman meets Circe, she tells him of his parents, the identity of his nameless mother, his father’s and aunt’s childhood, and the general location of the cave. Circe is the first to assist Milkman and connect some dots to his fragments of information. Circe's name fits her importance to the book as it describes her to her historical counterpart. In Homer’s Odysseus, Circe is an enchantress who provides Odysseus with important assistance in order for him to make to his journey home. Likewise, Circe in Morrison’s book help Milkman find his ancestral home by providing him some history about his parents, allowing him to fill gaps of his family history.

Circe gives Odysseus a golden cup of honeyed wine for when Odysseus does not turn into an animal Circe, knows that he is Odysseus. Circe helps Odysseus and his men by telling Odysseus the dangers of their journey ahead. Circe says, "Son of Laertes and the gods of old, Odysseus, master, mariner, and soldier, you shall not stay here longer against your will; but the home you may not unless you take a strange way round and come to the cold homes of Death and pale Persephone. You shall hear prophecy from the rapt shade of blind Tiresias of Thebes, forever charged with reason even among the dead; to him alone, of all the flitting ghosts, Persephone has given a mind undarkened" (Applebee et.al 925). In conclusion, Circe is an archetypal hero because she gives Odysseus advice and aids him to Persephone who tells him how to return to

“Circe gives Odysseus a magic drink but it does not affect him and he threatens to kill her with his sword.” (10.1225).This quote shows how brutal Odysseus was with Circe because of his anger. He tried to be straightforward and honest, but he appeared rude.

Circe is smarter than people would expect, and uses her role as a female to her advantage, since she is typically underestimated. When Odysseus and his men came to her house, they didn’t expect her to be so tricky, but she surprises them. “She opened her gleaming doors at once and stepped forward, inviting them all in, and in they went, all in a sense. Only Eurylochus stayed behind – he sensed a trap.” (237) In this quote, Circe has good hospitality and invite the visitors in, and they expected her to be nice and comforting, like a

She helps Ulysses, her friend, return home from Aeaea to Ithaca and assists Jason, a close relative, on his quest finding the Golden Fleece. Circe is a powerful (Pontikis) person who aids her allies and punishes her foes. Circe possesses magical powers that are different from other gods and goddesses. She has the ability to turn people into animals with spells and concoctions (Russel 203-207). Her knowledge of magic also gives her the ability to take someone’s life (Cavendish 66-67) with poison (Joe) or transformations (Cavendish 66-67).

Circe, the first women to seduce Odysseus and his men, used her “beguiling voice, while on her loom/ she wove ambrosial fabric sheer and bright/ by that craft known to the goddesses of heaven” to lure his men into her house (10.235-37). While the men still under her trance, allow Circe to trick them and use her magic to turn them into pigs. Even though Circe did not come off as a seductress from the beginning, she eventually able to seduce Odysseus and keep him entertained. Circe was turned on by Odysseus not falling for her tricks and wanted him to lay in bed with her. But Odysseus made Circe “swear

Circe: Was Pilate's and Macon Jr's midwife and worked as a maid for a wealthy family. Helps Milkman in his journey to find out more about his past and leads him to the cave.

This shows her characterization and the men wanting to take advantage of her is the root cause of her hate for these men, as they all want to harm her. When Odysseus arrived on Circe’s island, she was intrigued by him due to his pious and honest personality. Odysseus stands out from the rest of the men that arrive on her island, who all want to exploit and use Circe. We can understand her opinion of Odysseus through her first-person perspective, which allows us to read her thoughts and judgements. When they were conversing, Odysseus acknowledged who she was, which made her think, “My name is in his mouth.

Circe is a goddess of power and she can do anything she wants to, i’m going to tell you a story just not right now, Circe is a goddess that as the power to make and do what she wants, she has the magic, like she has the power to turn people into things and ill tell you the power and the old story of want Circe can do and i hope this story can help you out in a lot of ways. Circe was just doing what she wanted to and one day, and there was people saying that there was a girl that was saying that she was more pretty the the goddess Circe and she didn’t like it so.

      Circe and Calypso, while very tricky and sly, are still very strong feminine characters.  Circe takes Odysseus' crew and turns them into swine; when Odysseus is able to resist her spell, due to the Moly he had been given by Hermes, she is dismayed and takes him as her lover. She is mysterious and seductive and is strong even up against Odysseus.  Calypso is a sea nymph who keeps Odysseus captive for nine years, hoping to make him her husband.  She is a strong-willed temptress whose sultry ways are able to reel in even the most determined man.

In Homer's composition, The Odyssey, the roles women play are very significant. The best examples of the true nature of women occur when Odysseus encounters Circe and Calypso. These two characters illustrate the thoughts and feelings of how women how a woman feels and how they think. As the quote states, Circe and Calypso illustrate how women really can be crafty, intelligent, sneaky, disloyal, and cruel. In contrast to battles with men, Cyclops, or animals, sexual battles with women are sometimes much more difficult to win.

Odyssey was a greatest epic. It is all about epic heroes, gods, goddesses, creatures and monster. They had supernatural power and full of wonder. Odysseus was a great man or heroes. But many goddesses proved that they are very powerful.

As Odysseus drew his sword about (pretending) to strike Circe, these were her words, “Who are you? From what family? What city? You drank my drugs, but you were not entranced. No other man has ever passed that test; for once that potion’s passed their teeth, the rest have fallen prey: you have within your chest a heart that can defeat my sorcery. You surely are the man of many wiles, Odysseus, he whom I was warned against by Hermes of the golden wand: he said that you would come from Troy in a black ship. But now put back your blade within that sheath and let us lie together on my bed: in loving,

The second woman who was responsible for problems that Odysseus faced was Circe. Firstly she turned all but one of Odysseus’ men into pigs and delayed Odysseus’ progress. “Now they had pig’s heads and bristles and they grunted like pigs; but their minds were as human as they had been before,” (Page 131) this quote depicts Circe’s cruelness towards Odysseus’ men. Secondly Circe again stalls Odysseus from completing his journey back to Ithaca. “You are worn out and dispirited, always brooding on the hardships of your travels. Your sufferings have been so continuous that you have lost all pleasure in living.” (Page 136) This quote shows how Circe convinced Odysseus and his men to spend more time on the island. Thirdly Circe made Odysseus and his men take a different route, via the prophet Teiresias, rather than going straight back to Ithaca. “But Circe has marked out a very different route- to the Halls of Hades and the dreaded Persephone.” (Page 139) This makes the rest of Odysseus’ crew very upset. “When I told them they were heart-broken. They sat down where they were and tore their hair out.” (Page 139)