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Circe

★★★★☆  book

Circe

The enchantress from Homer’s Odyssey reclaims her own narrative: exiled, self-taught, transmuting men into swine (they merited it), electing mortality over divinity. A myth restored to its protagonist’s rightful perspective, and therein lies its magnificence.

what it left me with

The figure condemned as ‘villainess’ typically possesses justifications the original author elided. Discover her testimony.

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