Circe

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enchantress figure in Greek mythology goddess sorceress

Circe is a powerful enchantress in Greek mythology, best known for transforming Odysseus’s men into animals and later aiding him on his journey.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Circe canonical 28
Circe (in some traditions) 1
Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf enchantress ⓘ
figure in Greek mythology ⓘ
goddess ⓘ
sorceress ⓘ
advised Odysseus about Scylla and Charybdis ⓘ
Odysseus about the Sirens ⓘ
Odysseus about the Underworld ⓘ
aided Odysseus on his journey home ⓘ
appearsIn Argonautica ⓘ
Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
Telegony ⓘ
associatedWith islands ⓘ
magic ⓘ
metamorphosis ⓘ
witchcraft ⓘ
category Characters in the Odyssey ⓘ
Children of Helios ⓘ
Greek mythological witches ⓘ
childOf Helios ⓘ
Perses ⓘ
surface form: Perse
counteredBy Hermes ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ
defeatedBy Odysseus's use of the herb moly ⓘ
encountered Odysseus ⓘ
knownFor aiding Odysseus ⓘ
knowledge of herbs ⓘ
knowledge of magic and potions ⓘ
transforming men into animals ⓘ
lover Glaucus ⓘ
Hermes ⓘ
Odysseus ⓘ
Picus ⓘ
parent Agrius ⓘ
Cassiphone ⓘ
Latinus ⓘ
Telegonus ⓘ
residence island of Aeaea ⓘ
sibling Aeëtes ⓘ
Pasiphaë ⓘ
Perses ⓘ
sourceText Argonautica ⓘ
surface form: Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica

Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ
Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
surface form: Odyssey, Book 10

Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
surface form: Odyssey, Book 12

Ovid’s Metamorphoses ⓘ
surface form: Ovid's Metamorphoses
transformationMethod enchanted food and drink ⓘ
magic potions ⓘ
transformed Odysseus's men into swine ⓘ
worshippedAs minor goddess ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Homer's Odyssey → featuresCharacter → Circe ⓘ
Helios → offspring → Circe ⓘ
Odysseus → lover → Circe ⓘ
Telemachus → spouse → Circe ⓘ
John William Waterhouse → notableWork → Circe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses
Telegony → featuresCharacter → Circe ⓘ
Leopold Bloom → majorEpisode → Circe ⓘ
Aeëtes → child → Circe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Circe (in some traditions)
Aeëtes → sibling → Circe ⓘ
Pasiphaë → sibling → Circe ⓘ
Scylla → transformedBy → Circe ⓘ
island of Aeaea → primaryInhabitant → Circe ⓘ
subject surface form: Aeaea
island of Aeaea → associatedWith → Circe ⓘ
subject surface form: Aeaea
island of Aeaea → governedBy → Circe ⓘ
subject surface form: Aeaea
island of Aeaea → afterEvent → Circe ⓘ
subject surface form: Aeaea
this entity surface form: Odysseus remained for about a year with Circe
island of Aeaea → category → Circe ⓘ
subject surface form: Aeaea
this entity surface form: Circe in mythology
Glaucus → consults → Circe ⓘ
Children of Helios → hasMember → Circe ⓘ
Children of Helios → notableMember → Circe ⓘ
Picus → transformedBy → Circe ⓘ
Picus → relatedMyth → Circe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Circe in Latium
Telegonus → childOf → Circe ⓘ
Telegonus → hasMother → Circe ⓘ
Telegonus → residedWith → Circe ⓘ
Telegonus → raisedBy → Circe ⓘ
Telegonus → hasRelative → Circe ⓘ
Cassiphone → mother → Circe ⓘ
Cassiphone → parent → Circe ⓘ
Agrius → childOf → Circe ⓘ
Agrius → hasMother → Circe ⓘ
Agrius → hasParent → Circe ⓘ
Medea → aunt → Circe ⓘ
Scylla and Charybdis → transformedBy → Circe ⓘ
subject surface form: Scylla