. etaitot «lfAH caixxcrz TEouernMe- Circc and OdysBcuH, and his Companions. (From anundent sister of Aeetes, lived in the island of Aeaea,upon which Odysseus was cast. His companions, 9. Clrco oBcrinK the Cup. (Ooll 8 PomftUmO, pi. 7i.) whom he sent to explore the land, tasted of tin-magic cup which Circe offered them, and were CITIUM 233 forthwith changed into swine, with the excep-tion of Eurylochus, who brought the sad newsto Odysseus. The latter, having received fromHermes the root moly, which fortified himagainst en
. etaitot «lfAH caixxcrz TEouernMe- Circc and OdysBcuH, and his Companions. (From anundent sister of Aeetes, lived in the island of Aeaea,upon which Odysseus was cast. His companions, 9. Clrco oBcrinK the Cup. (Ooll 8 PomftUmO, pi. 7i.) whom he sent to explore the land, tasted of tin-magic cup which Circe offered them, and were CITIUM 233 forthwith changed into swine, with the excep-tion of Eurylochus, who brought the sad newsto Odysseus. The latter, having received fromHermes the root moly, which fortified himagainst enchantment, drank the magic cupwithout injury, and then compelled Circe torestore his companions to their former this he tarried a whole year with her, andshe became by him the mother of Agrius andTelegonus, the reputed founder of Latin poets relate that she metamorphosedScylla, and Picus king of the Ausonians. (; Hyg. Fab. 125; Hes. Th. 10, 11; xiv. 9.) Circeii (Circeiensis: Circello, and the Vecchia), an ancient town of Latium onthe promontory Circeium founded by TarquiniusSuperbus, never became a place of importance,in consequence of its proximity to the unhealthyPomptine marshes (Liv. i. 56; Diod. x
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