Mount Aeaea

Odysseus and Circe: Myth, Encounter, and Story

Odysseus and Circe is a celebrated episode in Homer’s *Odyssey*, where enchantment, temptation, and self-mastery shape a pivotal encounter between a cunning hero and a powerful sorceress. After Circe transforms Odysseus’s men into swine, the story traces how divine aid, hospitality, and shifting loyalties reveal deeper tensions between reason and desire, making this myth central to Greek literature and interpretation.