Circe: an Anthology

By Homer, Publius Ovidius Naso Ovid, Nathaniel Hawthorne

Circe has bewitched storytellers for nearly three thousand years - sorceress, seductress, exile, and one of literature's earliest and most complex female powers. Circe: an Anthology brings together six essential works spanning ancient epic to Victorian verse, tracing how she was seen, feared, and reinvented across the centuries.

Inside this collection:

Homer's Odyssey, Book X (trans. Samuel Butler) - the original account of Circe's island, her transformation of Odysseus's men into swine, and the year he stayed as her guestOvid's Metamorphoses, Fables I and VI (trans. Henry T. Riley) - Circe's darker vengeance, turning rivals and enemies alike into monstrous formsNathaniel Hawthorne's retelling from Tanglewood Tales - a gentler, more moralizing Circe for a 19th-century audienceTwo poems titled "Circe" by Lord de Tabley - atmospheric, decadent Victorian verseAugusta Webster's "Circe" - a striking dramatic monologue that gives the enchantress her own voice and interiority

Presented in a clean, readable paperback edition designed for a general audience rather than the academy, this anthology traces Circe's long literary shadow - from monster-maker to misunderstood woman - through the words of the writers who couldn't stop returning to her.

A Fauun edition: hand-typeset, thoughtfully presented, and designed as part of a collectable series.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1764837223
• ISBN13: 9781764837224
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Fauun
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.1" x 7.8"