Homer:

Circe has been used to portray the power of women in manipulating men. Men fell for the sweet and lovely voice of the monster.

— Homer Ancient

Iliad and Odyssey

An interpretive statement on the seductive and manipulative power attributed to female figures like Circe in The Odyssey.

c. 8th century BCE

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