"Next, skirting still the shore, they run Fair Circe's magic coast along, Where she, bright daughter of the sun, Her forest fastness thrills with song, And for a nightly blaze consumes Rich cedar in her stately rooms, While, sounding shrill, the comb is sped From end to end adown the thread Thence hear they many a midnight roar: The lion strives to burst his cell: The raging bear, the foaming boar Alternate with the gaunt wolf's yell: Whom from the human form divine For malice' sake the ruthless queen Had changed by pharmacy malign To bristly hide and bestial mien."
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Virgil, Aeneid, VII, 10–24
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Circe
Circe (Ancient Greek: Κίρκη, Kírkē) is an enchantress and a minor goddess in ancient Greek mythology and religion. In most accounts, Circe is described as the daughter of the sun god Helios and the Oceanid nymph Perse. Circe was renowned for her vast knowledge of potions and herbs. Through the use of these and a magic wand or staff, she would transform her enemies, or those who offended her, into animals.
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