Talk:Circe

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Doesn't Homer place Circe somewhere to the west, rather than the east, of Greece?

I've also found a reference http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Circe.html) that suggests she may have lived on a mountain named Circaeum, which looked like an island since it was surrounded by marshes and sea. I don't have time to rewrite this article tonight, I'll give it a shot soon though if nobody else does.

In the version I read, it was presented as an island. But perhaps it was just a poor translation. --KQ

It's clearly an island in the "Ocean" - i.e the water around the edge of the known world.

-This article conflicts with information presented in Medea

I've also read that she lived on Circaeum. Also, this site has a lot about Circe: http://www.maicar.com/GML/Circe.html. 71.207.246.105 21:28, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

If the Greek form of Circe is Κίρκη, than the C's should have the hard sound of the Greek letter Kappa rather than the soft sound of the Greek letter Sigma, which does not appear in the word at all. Wallaby 65 (talk) 02:06, 9 March 2008 (UTC) Bold text