![]() ![]() And readers can also see what happens to her after Odysseus and his crew sailed back to Ithaca. But we also get the origins of Circe, a minor daughter of the sun god who has to discover she has power at all. The contours of Circe's story are there, the sorceress alone on an island who transforms men into animals and has an affair with the hero Odysseus. GARCIA-NAVARRO: Miller held onto that feeling and, years later, wrote her emotional response as a novel. And I remember this feeling of just utter disappointment. And she screams and falls to her knees and, you know, basically begs him for mercy and also offers to take him to her bed. Circe is one of the most powerful female figures in "The Odyssey." She thought it would be a really great showdown, but it's not. ![]() GARCIA-NAVARRO: Thirteen-year-old Miller was excited. And he sends part of his crew up to Circe's house. MADELINE MILLER: And I got to the part where, you know, Odysseus lands on Circe's island. ![]() Author Madeline Miller first encountered Circe, the dangerous, irresistible witch of Greek mythology, when her class read "The Odyssey" in eighth grade. ![]()
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