It was founded, according to legend, either by a son of Odysseus and Circe, or by Danae, the mother of Perseus.
According to a later legend, Telegonus, the son of Odysseus by Circe, was sent by her in search of his father.
Odysseus, warned by Circe, escaped the danger by stopping the ears of his crew with wax and binding himself to the mast until he was out of hearing (Odyssey xii.).
He was famous for his amours, especially those with Scylla and Circe.
Next they sailed up the Eridanus into the Rhodanus, passing through the country of the Celts and Ligurians to the Stoechades, then to the island of Aethalia (Elba), finally reaching the Tyrrhenian Sea and the island of Circe, who absolved them from the murder of Absyrtus.
