Circe

01/02/24 • 32 min

The famous witch of The Odyssey, The Aeneid, Percy Jackson and...Assassins Creed? Circe is a character who's story has been interpreted many times over the centuries. Who is she really? And do the feminist retellings of her do her justice?
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Sources:

The Odyssey- Emily Wilson Translation
The Aeneid- Virgil
Greek Myths That Shape the Way We Think- Richard Buxton
The Return of Ulysses: A Cultural History of Homer's Odyssey- Edith Hall
The Hidden Seduction: Circe and the Sirens in the Aeneid- Laura Aresi
(Youtube video)Translating the Odyssey: How and Why- Emily Wilson
John William Waterhouse paintings of Circe.

The Odyssey- Emily Wilson Translation
The Aeneid- Virgil
Greek Myths That Shape the Way We Think- Richard Buxton
The Return of Ulysses: A Cultural History of Homer's Odyssey- Edith Hall
The Hidden Seduction: Circe and the Sirens in the Aeneid- Laura Aresi
(Youtube video)Translating the Odyssey: How and Why- Emily Wilson
John William Waterhouse paintings of Circe.

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https://bible.usccb.org/bible/revelation/8
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https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/1990/09/Art1full.pdf

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https://psmag.com/social-justice/make-a-cross-with-your-fingers-its-the-satanic-panic#.61dzb5vo3

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_witchcraft

https://www.cbr.com/history-of-magical-girls-genre-popular/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-43615481

https://www.tor.com/2020/08/06/the-magic-of-translation-interviewing-kikis-delivery-service-author-eiko-kadono-and-translator-emily-balistrieri/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R21tWs-qCw&ab_channel=TheNewYorkTimes

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Greeks and Geeks - Circe

Transcript

Hello and welcome to Greeks and Geeks, the podcast that take us on a persnickety but fun journey deep diving into the lore behind our favourite stories. I’m your host Sabrina and today we’ll be looking at the many different interpretations of Circe over the years. Is she a scheming, seductive witch? Is she a tragic, isolated figure? A lover? The other woman in a mans story about finding his way home to his wife? Well, the answer is pretty tricky, because she’d been all of these and so mu