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Circe [sur-see] EXAMPLES| noun Also Kirke. Also called Aeaea. Classical Mythology. the enchantress represented by Homer as turning the companions of Odysseus into swine by means of a magic drink. a dangerously or irresistibly fascinating woman. Liberaldictionary.com
Related formsCir·ce·an, Cir·cae·an [ser-see-uh n] /sərˈsi ən/, adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for circe Historical Examples of circe
“It is all your own fault,” goes on Circe, strong in argument.
Margaret Wolfe Hamilton
I do not know, but at least the one of this evening is a Circe—a something irresistible.
Alexandre Dumas pre
It belongs with peculiar propriety to Circe, as the daughter of the sun.
L. W. Yaggy
Circe is the lower mind-force, which cleaves to the transitory.
Christianity As A Mystical Fact
Rudolf Steiner
The whole circle halted, as though Circe had transfixed them.
McClure’s Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.
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British Dictionary definitions for circe Circe noun Greek myth an enchantress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into swine Derived FormsCircean (sɜːˈsɪən), adjective Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for circe Circe n.
enchantress of the isle of Aea who transformed into swine those who drank from her cup (“Odyssey”), late 14c., from Latin Circe, from Greek Kirke. Related: Circean.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper circe in Culture Circe [(sur-see)]
In classical mythology, a powerful sorceress who turned people into swine. On the way home from Troy, the crew of Odysseus fell prey to her spells.
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