A-Z: General definitions
- Obeah
- Oberon
- Objective correlative
- Objectivity
- Oblate
- Oblation
- Obscene
- Obsolete
- Occult
- Oceanids
- Oceanus
- Octave
- Octet
- Ode
- Odysseus
- Odysseus and Circe
- Odysseus and Scylla and Charybdis
- Odysseus and the Cyclops Polyphemus
- Odysseus and the Sirens
- Odyssey
- Oedipus
- Oedipus complex
- Oedipus Rex
- Oenomaus
- Oenon
- Offensive
- Offering
- Oil
- Old Covenant
- Old English
- Old Lady Day
- Old Latin
- Old Testament
- Oligarchy
- Olive tree
- Oliver Cromwell
- Olympian
- Olympian gods
- Olympus
- Omen
- Omnipotent
- Omnipresence
- Omniscience
- Omniscient Narrator
- One thing is needful
- Onesimus
- Onomatopoeia
- Opera
- Oracle
- Oral Literature
A-Z: General definitions: Odysseus and Circe
Definition
Odysseus defeats the wiles of Circe. Odysseus and his men landed on the island which belonged to Circe. Eurylochus took some men to explore the island. Circe welcomed them into her house, but Eurylochus was suspicious and stayed outside. So when the men were turned into pigs, he was able to return to Odysseus with the news. Odysseus asked Hermes for help and was given a plant which protected him from her spells. So he was able to defeat Circe and force her to restore his men. They stayed with her for a year, and she warned him of the many dangers ahead.King of Ithaca, an island in the Ionian Sea, and famous for his cunning; the story of his ten year journey home after the Trojan War is the subject of Homer's Odyssey. (Roman name Ulysses.)
Daughter of Helios and sister of Pasiphae. A powerful enchantress.
King of Ithaca, an island in the Ionian Sea, and famous for his cunning; the story of his ten year journey home after the Trojan War is the subject of Homer's Odyssey. (Roman name Ulysses.)
Daughter of Helios and sister of Pasiphae. A powerful enchantress.
Odysseus' brother-in-law.
The son of Zeus and Maia. (Roman name, Mercury.)
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