Editing Circe (section)

=== Family and attributes ===
By most accounts, she was the daughter of the [[solar deity|sun god]] [[Helios]] and [[Perse (mythology)|Perse]], one of the three thousand [[Oceanid]] [[nymph]]s.<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0218%3Abook%3D10%3Acard%3D3 10.135]; [[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130%3Acard%3D938 956]; [[Apollonius of Rhodes]], ''[[Argonautica]]'' [https://archive.org/details/theargonauticaof00apoliala/page/168/mode/2up 4.591]; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Library]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022%3Atext%3DLibrary%3Abook%3D1%3Achapter%3D9%3Asection%3D1 1.9.1]; [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#0.2 preface]; [[Cicero]], ''[[De Natura Deorum]]'' [https://topostext.org/work.php?work_id=137#3.47 48.4]</ref> In ''[[Orphic Argonautica]]'', her mother is called [[Asterope (Greek myth)|Asterope]] instead.<ref>''[[Orphic Argonautica]]'' {{cite web| url = https://topostext.org/work/549#1207| title = 1217}}</ref> Her brothers were [[Aeëtes]], keeper of the [[Golden Fleece]] and father of [[Medea]], and [[Perses (brother of Aeetes)|Perses]]. Her sister was [[Pasiphaë]], the wife of [[Minos|King Minos]] and mother of the [[Minotaur]].<ref>Apollodorus, ''Library'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022%3Atext%3DLibrary%3Abook%3D1%3Achapter%3D9%3Asection%3D1 1.9.1]; Apollonius Rhodius, ''Argonautica ''.</ref> Other accounts make her and her niece [[Medea]] the daughters of [[Hecate]], the goddess of [[witchcraft]]<ref>Grimal; Smith.</ref> by Aeëtes,<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], ''[[Bibliotheca historica|Historic Library]]'' [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4C*.html#45 4.45.1]</ref> usually said to be her brother instead. She was often confused with [[Calypso (mythology)|Calypso]], due to her shifts in behavior and personality, and the association that both of them had with [[Odysseus]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Women of classical mythology : a biographical dictionary|last=E.|first=Bell, Robert|date=1993|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0195079777|location=New York|oclc=26255961}}</ref>

According to Greek legend, Circe lived on the island of [[Aeaea]]. Although Homer is vague when it comes to the island's whereabouts, the early 3rd BC author [[Apollonius of Rhodes]]'s epic poem ''[[Argonautica]]'' locates Aeaea somewhere south of ''Aethalia'' ([[Elba]]), within view of the Tyrrhenian shore (that is, the western coast of Italy).<ref>William H. Race, ''Apollonius Rhodius: Argonautica'', Loeb Classical Library (2008), 4.654–661</ref> In the same poem, Circe's brother Aeëtes describes how Circe was transferred to Aeaea: "I noted it once after taking a ride in my father Helios' chariot, when he was taking my sister Circe to the western land and we came to the coast of the [[Tyrrhenians|Tyrrhenian]] mainland, where she dwells to this day, very far from the [[Colchian]] land."<ref>''[[Argonautica]]'' 3.309–313, translation by W. H. Race, ''Apollonius Rhodius: Argonautica'', Loeb Classical Library (2008), p.241</ref> A scholiast on Apollonius Rhodius claims that Apollonius is following [[Hesiod]]'s tradition in making Circe arrive in Aeaea on Helios' chariot,<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Catalogue of Women]]'' [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Hesiod,_the_Homeric_Hymns_and_Homerica/The_Catalogues_of_Women#181 frag 46]</ref> while [[Valerius Flaccus (poet)|Valerius Flaccus]] writes that Circe was borne away by winged dragons.<ref>[[Gaius Valerius Flaccus (poet)|Valerius Flaccus]], ''Argonautica'' 7.120</ref> Roman poets associated her with the most ancient traditions of Latium, and made her home to be on the promontory of [[Circeo]].<ref>[[Virgil]], ''[[Aeneid]]'' 7. 10</ref>

[[Homer]] describes Circe as "a dreadful goddess with lovely hair and human speech".<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' 10.135</ref> Apollonius writes that she (just like every other descendant of Helios) had flashing golden eyes that shot out rays of light,<ref>[[Apollonius Rhodius]], ''[[Argonautica]]'' [https://archive.org/details/theargonauticaof00apoliala/page/172/mode/2up 4.727]</ref> with the author of ''[[Argonautica Orphica]]'' noting that she had hair like fiery rays.<ref>''[[Argonautica Orphica]]'' {{cite web| url = http://www.argonauts-book.com/orphic-argonautica.html#Circe%20and%20the%20Pillars%20of%20Heracles| title = 1225}}</ref> [[Ovid]]'s ''[[Remedia Amoris|The Cure for Love]]'' implies that Circe might have been taught the knowledge of herbs and potions from her mother Perse, who seems to have had similar skills.<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Remedia Amoris|The Cure for Love]]'' [https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/CuresforLove.php#anchor_Toc523020777 4.15]</ref>