Mar 8, 2023 · Circe, daughter of the sun god Helios, was a Greek goddess or nymph known for her ability as a sorceress. She lived on the remote island of Aeaea and played a part in the …

Apr 28, 2023 · Odysseus was a Greek hero from Ithaca known for his cunning. After helping to win the Trojan War, he was forced to wander the world for ten years before returning home.

Aug 17, 2023 · Aeetes—powerful, proud, and paranoid son of Helios—was the ruler of the city of Colchis. He is best remembered for owning the famous Golden Fleece, which he jealously …

Mar 1, 2023 · The Odyssey, traditionally said to have been composed by Homer, is an epic poem probably written around the middle of the eighth century BCE. It describes the Greek hero …

Argument Adventures with Aeolus, the Laestrygons, and Circe Ulysses arrives at the island of AEolus, who gives him prosperous winds, and incloses the adverse ones in a bag, which his …

Sep 20, 2023 · Scylla was a multi-headed, hybrid monster who haunted a narrow strait opposite the whirlpool Charybdis. With her darting heads and sharp teeth, Scylla would pick off unwary …

Nov 29, 2022 · Medea was the daughter of Aeetes, the king of Colchis, and a highly skilled witch. When Jason and the Argonauts came to her homeland to steal the Golden Fleece, she fell in …

Dec 8, 2022 · Penelope was the wife of the hero Odysseus, ruler of the small island of Ithaca. She remained faithful to her husband for twenty years while awaiting his return from the Trojan …

Strait Circe reddens with a guilty shame, And vows revenge for her rejected flame. Fierce liking oft a spight as fierce creates; For love refus’d, without aversion, hates. To hurt her hapless rival …

Mar 22, 2023 · Charybdis was a sea monster inhabiting one side of a narrow strait, just opposite the monster Scylla. Three times a day, Charybdis would swallow up the waters of the sea, only …