![]() Odysseus followed Hermes' advice, freeing his men and then remained on the island for one year, feasting and drinking wine.Īccording to Homer, Circe suggested two alternative routes to Odysseus to return to Ithaca: toward, the 'Wandering Rocks', or passing between the dangerous and the whirlpool, conventionally identified with the. She would take his manhood unless he had her swear by the names of the gods that she would not. From there, Circe would ask him to bed, but Hermes advised caution, for even there the goddess would be treacherous. Hermes told Odysseus to use the herb to protect himself from Circe's wizardry and, having resisted it, to draw his sword and act as if he were going to attack her. Odysseus set out to rescue his men, but was intercepted by the messenger god, who had been sent by Athena. Only drunken, suspecting treachery from the outset, escaped to warn and the others who had stayed behind at the ship. Thus so she turned them all into swine with her magic wand or staff after they gorged themselves on it. She invited ' crew to a feast of familiar food, a pottage of cheese and meal, sweetened with honey and laced with wine, but also laced with one of her magical potions and drunk from an enchanted cup. Around the house prowled strangely docile lions and wolves, the drugged victims of her sorcery they were not dangerous, and fawned on all newcomers. Sources Homer's Odyssey In 's, Circe is described as living in a mansion that stands in the middle of a clearing in a dense wood.
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