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Circe (/ ˈ s ər s iː /; [1] Ancient Greek: Κίρκη : Kírkē) is an enchantress and a minor goddess in ancient Greek mythology and religion. [2] In most accounts, Circe is described as the daughter of the sun god Helios and the Oceanid nymph Perse .
In Greek mythology, Telegonus (/ t ə ˈ l ɛ ɡ ə n ə s /; Ancient Greek: Τηλέγονος means "born afar") was the youngest son of Circe and Odysseus [1] and thus, brother to Agrius and Latinus [2] or Nausithous and Nausinous, [3] and Cassiphone. [4] In some accounts, he was called the son of the nymph Calypso and Odysseus instead. [5]
In Greek mythology, Eurylochus (/ j ə ˈ r ɪ l ə k ə s /; Ancient Greek: Εὐρύλοχος Eurúlokhos) appears in Homer's Odyssey as second-in-command of Odysseus' ship during the return to Ithaca after the Trojan War. [1] [2] He is portrayed as an unpleasant, cowardly individual who undermines Odysseus and stirs up trouble.
The Telegony was a short two-book epic poem recounting the life and death of Odysseus after the events of the Odyssey. In this mythological postscript, Odysseus is accidentally killed by Telegonus, his unknown son by the goddess Circe. After Odysseus's death, Telemachus returns to Aeaea with Telegonus and Penelope, and there marries Circe.
Later, after the death of Callidice, Odysseus makes their son Polypoetes king of Thesprotia and returned to Ithaca. Meanwhile, it transpires that Circe, with whom Odysseus had an affair for a year in the Odyssey (books 10–12), has borne his son, Telegonus (Τηλέγονος, "born far away"). He grows up living with Circe on the island of Aeaea.
Mythology [ edit ] In a much later myth interpolated during the course of the Odyssey , specifically during the timeframe that Odysseus and his crew stayed at Aeaea , the island of Circe , Calchus fell in love with the sorceress-goddess and employed all possible means of seduction in order to woo her, even offering her the kingship of his realm.
It tells the 10-year journey story of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, as he travels home after the Trojan War. ... (Odysseus’ son), Penelope (Odysseus’ wife), Athena, Circe, Poseidon and Zeus are ...
During the time that Circe was hosting Odysseus and his crew, a Daunian king named Calchus arrived in her island and fell in love with her. But Circe, who preferred Odysseus, turned him into a pig and only transformed him back and set him free once he promised to never return or bother her again. Callisto: Bear: Artemis or Hera