Ive always found the stories and themes of greek mythology fascinating. Circe, a vilified witch from classical mythology, gets her own epic. Circe gets a new motivation weekend editions books editor, barrie hardymon, asks madeline miller about her latest book, circe. Even minor immortals like circe have achingly human emotions. Whether or not you think you like greek mythology, this is just great storytelling.
Homer, the greek poet from around 800bc, wrote a poem about odysseus adventures. The story is told by homer in the odyssey, books x and xii. In the odyssey there is this longing for nostosthe greek word for. Odyssey, as odysseus confronts the goddess and sorceress circe after she transforms his men into pigs. Circe, in greek legend, a sorceress, the daughter of helios, the sun god, and of the ocean nymph. Odysseus returned to his ship and circes isle and circe gave him instructions for his voyage home. Think a novel based on greek mythology isnt for you.
Madeline millers books deepened my appreciation for greek. A nymph faces the joys and lonelinesses of independence in this feminist reworking of greek myth from. No longer just largerthanlife heroes like wily odysseus, odysseus and achilles. Circe, the subject of her second book, is also a nymph. But odysseus, with the help of the god hermes, tricks circe and makes. Before odysseus reaches circes palace, hermes, the messenger god sent by athena, intercepts him and reveals how. The first episode in that book deals with the story of glaucus and scylla, in which the enamoured seagod. Its the story of telegonous, circes son with odysseus, growing up on the. The story of circes entanglement with odysseus lasts far beyond the. Odysseus is the story of a greek hero and his adventures. Daughter of a naiad and helios the sun god, circe is immortal, and this. Circe is a enchantress or sorceress in greek mythology. Circe by madeline miller, 9781526610140, available at book depository. In the house of helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the titans, a dau.
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