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Nilsson, Martin P., Greek Popular Religion, 1940. See the discussion of the Thargelia in the chapter “Rural Customs and Festivals.” Ogden, Daniel, The Crooked Kings of Ancient Greece London 1997, pp. 15–46. Parker, Robert, Miasma, Pollution and Purification in Early Greek Religion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983, pp. 24–26, 257-280.
Circe (/ ˈ s ər s iː /; [1] Ancient Greek: Κίρκη, romanized: 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. Circe was renowned for her vast knowledge of potions and herbs.
Circe, an enchantress and minor goddess in Greek mythology, appears often in 20th and 21st century popular culture, either under her own name or as a sorceress with similar powers under others. Post-Classical amplifications and reinterpretations of that story and others involving her are dealt with in the main article.
Articles and categories relating to Circe, a sorceress-goddess in Greek mythology. ... Pages in category "Circe" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of ...
Cassiphone is alluded to in obscure lines in Hellenistic poet Lycophron's Alexandra, with an explanation provided in the commentary of twelfth-century Byzantine scholar John Tzetzes, who is the only one to mention her by name; she is most likely a late classical or Hellenistic invention, whose only purpose is to expand on the myth of Telegonus, the son of Odysseus and Circe. [1]
According to Gnaeus Gellius (late 2nd century BC), [3] Angitia was one of the three daughters of Aeëtes, along with Medea and Circe, two of the most famed sorceresses of Greek myth. Circe, as widely known from the Odyssey , practiced transforming spells; Medea ended up in Italy, where her son ruled over the Marsi.
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Aeaea, Ææa or Eëä (/ iː ˈ iː ə / ee-EE-ə or / ə ˈ iː ə / ə-EE-ə; Ancient Greek: Αἰαία, romanized: Aiaíā [ai̯.ǎi̯.aː]) was a mythological island said to be the home of the goddess-sorceress Circe. "Circe would fain have held me back in her halls, the guileful lady of Aeaea, yearning that I should be her husband".