The odyssey told from Circe’s point of view reveals an independent nymph’s own version of feminism. Born to a beautiful mother and powerful father, Circe becomes a disappointment, more plain, like a mortal, than the immortal she is.
Not so much a witch, rather a daughter scorned by her family. Happy to start a new life alone on the island of Aeaea. For a while she is happy creating her potions, but Odysseus arrives on her shores. His crew, a loutish group of men whom she turns into pigs, reveals her known ability to punish.
“I thought once that gods are the opposite of death, but I see now they are more dead than anything, for they are unchanging, and can hold nothing in their hands.”
All the regular players are here: Daedalus, Icarus, Athena, Apollo, and more. These gods and goddesses prove their strength. But, in Circe, we learn her thoughts and feelings behind all of those evil deeds. As a mother, we see her struggle with the same problems as mortals. As her son grows up, he becomes strong and powerful.
Will she continue her life as a goddess or choose to become mortal?
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