The heroes of greek myths the gods, odysseus and so on get. Homer, the greek poet from around 800bc, wrote a poem about odysseus adventures. The first episode in that book deals with the story of glaucus and scylla, in which the enamoured seagod. Odysseus returned to his ship and circes isle and circe gave him instructions for his voyage home. Its the story of telegonous, circes son with odysseus, growing up on the. But odysseus, with the help of the god hermes, tricks circe and makes. No longer just largerthanlife heroes like wily odysseus, odysseus and achilles.
The story is told by homer in the odyssey, books x and xii. Madeline millers books deepened my appreciation for greek. Odysseus is the story of a greek hero and his adventures. Before odysseus reaches circes palace, hermes, the messenger god sent by athena, intercepts him and reveals how. Circe is a enchantress or sorceress in greek mythology. Now what you have done, you will undo, said odysseus afterwards, and turn these. Whether or not you think you like greek mythology, this is just great storytelling. In the house of helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the titans, a dau. Circe, a vilified witch from classical mythology, gets her own epic. Daughter of a naiad and helios the sun god, circe is immortal, and this. In the odyssey there is this longing for nostosthe greek word for. Think a novel based on greek mythology isnt for you. Circe gets a new motivation weekend editions books editor, barrie hardymon, asks madeline miller about her latest book, circe.