A deep reading of Circe in Homer’s Odyssey reveals a powerful alternative order of female sovereignty, where knowledge, hospitality and transformation challenge the foundations of heroic masculinity.

An ancient wine vessel depicts the scene from Homer's Odyssey where Odysseus confronts Circe after she transforms his men into pigs. Metropolitan Museum of Art / (DMN file) Madeline Miller's ...

Maybe you learned some mythology in history class or while taking Latin. Circe is a name that might sound familiar, but that’s about it. Along comes Madeline Miller and her new novel, “Circe,” and all ...

Weekend Edition's books editor, Barrie Hardymon, asks Madeline Miller about her latest book, Circe. It's a modern take on the mythological temptress. Author Madeline Miller first encountered Circe, ...

On a cold, sunny afternoon in March, novelist Madeline Miller wandered through the Greek and Roman galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, swooning over ancient amphoras and ethereal statues of ...

You might remember Circe as the beautiful enchantress from The Odyssey, famed for turning men into pigs. Or perhaps you only know her as a vague figure from hazy Greek antiquity, or as the namesake of ...

"Later, years later, I would hear a song made of our meeting," says the hero of Madeleine Miller's Circe, of her romance with the mortal Odysseus. Circe is referring to Homer's version of the story, ...

Circe, daughter of Helios and Perse is a Greek goddess of magic who imprisoned Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey and in some versions a daughter of the goddess Hecate, but in the DC Universe she is an evil ...

Where did the Greek myths take place? Where was Odysseus bewitched and seduced by Circe, the sorceress who turned men into pigs and made Odysseus her sex slave? It is not just a game for classical ...

The Odyssey will inevitably condense Homer's epic poem, but the Christopher Nolan movie needs to include one underrated ...