Editing Circe (section)

==Other influence==
The ''[[Mamilia gens|gens Mamilia]]'' – described by [[Livy]] as one of the most distinguished families of [[Latium]]<ref>''Dictionary of Greek & Roman Biography & Mythology''.</ref><ref>[[Livy|Titus Livius]], ''[[Ab Urbe Condita Libri|Ab Urbe Condita]]'', 1:49.</ref> – claimed descent from Mamilia, a granddaughter of Odysseus and Circe through Telegonus. One of the most well known of them was [[Octavius Mamilius]] (died 498 BC), [[princeps]] of [[Tusculum]] and son-in-law of [[Lucius Tarquinius Superbus]] the seventh and last [[king of Rome]].
* [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] named a genus of the Venus clams ([[Veneridae]]) after Circe in 1778 (species ''Circe scripta'' (Linnaeus, 1758) and others).<ref>[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216564 Species details]; there are pictures on the [http://www.conchology.be/?t=65&family=VENERIDAE Conchology website].</ref>
* Her name has been given to [[34 Circe]], a large, dark main-belt asteroid first sighted in 1855.
* There are a variety of chess variants named [[Circe chess|Circe]] in which captured pieces are reborn on their starting positions. The rules for this were formulated in 1968.
* The [[Circe effect]], coined by the enzymologist [[William Jencks]], refers to a scenario where an [[enzyme]] lures its [[Substrate (biochemistry)|substrate]] towards it through electrostatic forces exhibited by the enzyme molecule before transforming it into a [[Product (biology)|product]]. Where this takes place, the catalytic velocity (rate of reaction) of the enzyme may be significantly faster than that of others.<ref>{{cite book |isbn=978-0-7167-6766-4 |author1=Jeremy M. Berg |author2=John L. Tymoczko |author3=Lubert Stryer |year=2006 |publisher=Freeman |location=New York |title=Biochemistry |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/biochemistry0006berg }}</ref>