Book X · Episode 3 of 6
Circè Turns Men to Swine
Circè bewitches half the crew
Scenes
- Circè’s Enchanted Halls — Eurylochus finds palace guarded by beasts
- Hewn stone palace sits in a vale
- Wolves and lions are tamed by drugs
- Beasts fawn like dogs instead of attacking
- Men wait uneasily in the portico
- Circè sings sweetly while weaving
- Turned to Swine — Circè’s wine turns men to swine
- Polites urges the men to call out
- Eurylochus alone suspects a trap
- Drugged wine erases their memory of home
- Their minds stay human despite the change
- They’re fed acorns and cornel fruit
- Eurylochus’s Report — Eurylochus alone escapes, reports fate
- Grief leaves him unable to speak
- His eyes brim with tears
- He describes the stately palace and singer
- He held back, suspecting treachery
- None of the others ever returned
- Odysseus Vows to Go — Odysseus arms himself, ignores Eurylochus
- He orders Eurylochus to guide him back
- Eurylochus clutches his knees, pleading
- He urges immediate flight instead
- Eurylochus may stay and eat instead
- A necessity he cannot resist compels him