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Comparing Odysseus And Women In Homer's Odyssey

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When I first heard Odysseus’ men outside my hall I immediately invited them inside for a bite to eat. Although my feelings changed over time, I felt quite threatened in that moment, with me being the only women there. Therefore I did what any smart witch would do a mixed baneful drugs into the appealing wine and cheese that I offered them. Eventually when they finished their meal I transformed them all into pigs, but left their minds untouched; even I’m not cruel enough to rid them of their sanity. I waited a while to see if any of their comrades were on the island, and eventually one of them showed up. So I brought him in and had him sit on a beautiful chair, richly wrought and created a potion for him. But when I had given it to him and
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Circe, a beautiful witch-goddess noted this vulnerability and took advantage of Odysseus's’ men when they visited her home. Circe, “ushered them in to sit on high backed chairs, then she mixed them a potion- cheese, barely and pale honey mulled in pramnian wine- but into the brew she stirred her wicked drugs” (Od. 10. 256-259). The eagerness of Odysseus’s peers depicts the susceptibility of men, when presented with food.

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