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Circe Definition

Circe (sʉr′sē)

noun

in Homer's Odyssey, an enchantress who turns men into swine

Etymology: L < Gr Kirkē

Circe Related Forms
Cir·ce′an (sər sē′ən, sʉr′sē ən) adjective
Circe Quotes

His body was as straight as Circe's wand; Jove might have sipped out nectar from his hand.

—Marlowe, Christopher

His true Penelope was Flaubert, He fished by obstinate isles; Observed the elegance of Circe's hair Rather than the mottoes on sundials.

—Pound, Ezra Loomis