She becomes the black sheep of her family right after her sister is born, but this doesn’t seem to be a huge bother to her.
Though Circe should’ve been one of the most beautiful of the goddesses, she was seen as ugly and often called an owl due to her “screechy voice.”Ĭirce’s parents go on to have three more children, two of which treat her terribly and tend to make fun of her without anyone stopping them.
Helios is not a highly popular god, however, the way Madeline Miller describes the character makes readers believe he has the same power as the mighty Zeus. Circe is the first daughter of a sea nymph, but not the first child of her father, Helios. “A golden cage is still a cage” – Madeline Miller, CirceĬirce takes the usual epic stories told by men and puts them in the perspective of a woman.
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