Circe

By: Hayden Kandul

Pd. 6
 Overview:

*Circe is best known for her

ability to turn men into animals.

*She is a witch and an

enchantress.

*She is the daughter of the sun

god Helios.

*She is best known for he

knowledge of poisonous herbs
and magic.
*Circe lives on the island of Aeaea.
Aeaea is located off of the western
coast of Italy.

*Circe could make the heavens dark

but hiding the sun or the moon behind
clouds.

*Because she practiced it witchcraft

took Circe as a victim and made her
have scary nightly visions, so she was
relieved when daylight came. The
(Parada)
people that came to her palace also
hallucinated.
 Glaucus & Scylla
Glaucus was a fisherman. One day he was
fishing and he caught a bunch of fish &
brought them to shore, and laid them on the
grass. The fish suddenly came to life and
jumped back into the ocean. He wondered
what could have done this and tasted some
of the grass. He then had the sudden urge to
jump into the ocean. The water gods then
turned him immortal. He was transformed
into a type of merman sea-creature.
(BookRags (Bullfinch
Staff)
CONT...
One day Glaucus saw the beautiful
water-nymph Scylla. He fell in love with
her, but she did not love him back. So he
went to the witch/enchantess Circe and
he wanted her to give Scylla something
that would make her fall in love with
him. But Circe loved Glaucus and was
mad that he loved someone else. So she
told him that she agreed & went and put
a poisonous herb into the water where
Scylla swam. When Scylla went into it
her limbs turned into monsters.
(Mangum)

Family Tree

Dad → ← Mom

Helios Perseis

-Odysseus

-unknown

Circe

Faunus Telegonus Agrius Latinus Romanus Romus Anteias Ardeias

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