The Odyssey

The Men Who Became Pigs

Adventures 5, Circe

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In a chamber Circe sits holding her wand, while Odysseus sits across from her with his hand to his face and a maid stands behind.
Design by John Flaxman, engraved by Achille Réveil, The Odyssey, Paris (Audot), 1835Original

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The ship that escaped the Laestrygonians drifted on for days. All that was left was the one ship of Odysseus, and on the seventh day they reached an island called Aeaea.

After two days of rest Odysseus climbed a hill. A thin line of smoke was rising between the trees, which meant there were people there.

He divided the company in two and sent half to scout. Eurylochus led that party, and deep in the woods stood a single house built of stone.

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