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How did Circe treat Odysseus and his men at first?
Circe turns Odysseus' men into swine.
What did Circe do to half of Odysseus' men?
Circe turned half of Odysseus' men into swine (pigs).
In Greek mythology who turned Odysseus's companions into swine?
The witch-goddess Circe She was the sorceress daughter of the sun god Helios and an ocean nymph. She turned half of his men into swine after feeding them cheese and wine. Hermes warned Odysseus about Circe and gave Odysseus a drug called moly which gave him resistance to Circe's magic. Odysseus forced the now-powerless Circe to change his men back to their human form.
What happened between Circe and Odysseus?
Circe is the witch-goddess that Odysseus and his crew meet after leaving the Cyclops Polyphemus's island. Odysseus sends a party of 23 men to search Aeaea (the name of the island and Circe's home). Circe invited them into her home and gave them food, but they all behaved like pigs, so that's exactly what Circe turns them into. Eurylochus, one of the men, does not eat, and he runs back to Odysseus to tell him. When Odysseus leaves, he meets Hermes, the messenger god who gives him a plant to protect him from the magic of Circe. being unable to defeat Odysseus, frees his men, but persuades Odysseus to stay with her. after the seasons pass though, Odysseus asks her to help him and his men go home. Circe tells him to seek out the blind prophet Teiresias in the land of the dead for a prophecy about his journey.
How does Odysseus get Circe to release his men?
Odysseus had to defeat the Polyphemus.
