Circe
Madeline Miller
Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018
The Odyssee, from the feminine point of view of Circe, goddess and witch
(see Je voulais vivre).
- Circe, nymph, daughter of Helios and Perse, witch of Aiaia
- Prometheus
- Aeëtes and Perses (king of Colchis), brothers of Circe
- Pasiphaë, sister of Circe, wife of Minos
- Ariadne, daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë
- The Minotaur, son of Pasiphaë, born with the help of Circe,
brought in by Daedalus.
- Icarus
- Theseus, kills the Minotaur and abandons Ariadne
- Glaucos, mortal loved by Circe who makes him a god.
However he prefers Scylla, whom Circe poisons, making her a monster
- Medea, Jason
- Odysseus, whome Circe loves, giving birth to Telegonus
- Penelope, Telemachus
- Hermes, Athena
- Trygon
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