# Circe — Bulfinch’s Mythology character guide

> Circe in Bulfinch’s Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0004-i-introduction

## Who they are

Enchantress who turned Ulysses' men into swine on her island.

## In the story

### [Author's Preface](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/author-s-preface)

Her character reappears in Alcina.

### [Proserpine—Glaucus and Scylla](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/vii-proserpine-glaucus-and-scylla)

Enchantress who, jealous of Scylla, uses magic to transform her into a monster.

### [Glaucus and Scylla](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/glaucus-and-scylla)

The enchantress who, jealous of Glaucus' love for Scylla, transforms Scylla into a monster.

### [Adventures of Ulysses—The Lotus-Eaters—Cyclopes—Circe—Sirens—Scylla and Charybdis—Calypso](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/xxix-adventures-of-ulysses-the-lotus-eaters-cyclopes-circe-sirens-scylla-and-charybdis-calypso)

The enchantress who turns some of Ulysses' crew into swine but later becomes their host and adviser after Ulysses resists her magic.

### [The Laestrygonians](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/the-laestrygonians)

The enchantress who transforms Ulysses' crew into swine and later hosts them after being forced to release them.

### [Scylla and Charybdis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/scylla-and-charybdis)

The enchantress who warns Ulysses of the monsters Scylla and Charybdis and the sacred cattle of the Sun.

### [C](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/c)

Sorceress and sister of Aeetes, referenced in the chapter.

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