A year passes by, and before letting them go, Circe advises Odysseus to visit the Underworld to consult the dead about his next moves. The sorceress accepts and turns the pigs back into men. At this point, Odysseus makes Circe swear an oath: to promise not to harm him and his men in any way from that moment onward. At this point, the hero threatens Circe with a sword, and the sorceress begs for mercy. Everything goes as Hermes predicts: the moly counters Circe’s magic, and when she tries to cast the spell with her wand, Odysseus remains a man. Hermes gives the hero the moly, a magical plant that will protect him from Circe’s magic. On his way to Circe’s house, Hermes intervenes and suggests to Odysseus a plan to succeed in his mission. After the report, Odysseus decides to rescue his men. However, Eurylochus escapes and warns Odysseus of what has happened. In fact, she offers them a poisonous drink and, by using a wand, turns them into pigs. Circe invites Odysseus’s men inside her house, but it is a trap. A team of scouts was sent by Odysseus to investigate the place, and they found a palace immersed in vegetation. Soon after Odysseus and his crew managed to escape from the cannibal Laestrygones, they landed on the island of Aeaea. The Encounter with Circe: The Odyssey, Book 10 Ulysses at the Palace of Circe, by Wilhelm Schubert van Ehrenberg, 1667, via the J Paul Getty Museum
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