There are many strong and powerful women, or femme fatales, in Greek mythology, such as Circe, Clytemnestra, Artemisia, and Medea.

Some of you may recall the old Chiffon margarine commercial’s warning that “It is not nice to fool Mother Nature.” Mother Nature had nothing on the Goddess Circe who was the original liberated woman.

Recently, more and more foreign authors have been turning to ancient Greece to get inspiration for their novels.

Based on the witch of the same name from Greek mythology, Circe has immense magical powers. Considered a minor goddess, her most famous account came in Homer’s Odyssey , where she lured men to ...

L ooking for a list of the best fiction books about Greek mythology? I’ve seen a lot of readers over the past few years who, after reading something like Circe or Song of Achilles, decide they ...

It’s a Greek epic poem which discusses the last final weeks of the Trojan War and the main characters of this text are ...

Have you read Circe? Anecdotally, we’re going to go with yes. Because that’s how omnipresent Madeline Miller’s retelling of the Greek mythology has been. It’s a number one bestseller.

Circe had warned Odysseus about the Sirens ... Please note that the animation includes depictions of violence from Greek mythology. We advise watching before sharing with your class.