Tilla Durieux Depicting Circe 1913 Franz von Stuck 1863-1928 German Germany ( Circe, in Greek legend, a sorceress, the daughter of Helios, the sun god, and of the ocean nymph Perse )

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Circe, in Greek legend, a sorceress, the daughter of Helios, the sun god, and of the ocean nymph Perse. She was able by means of drugs and incantations to change humans into wolves, lions, and swine. The Greek hero Odysseus visited her island, Aeaea, with his companions, whom she changed into swine

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