Circe from the Odyssey In the Odyssey, Ulysses (also called Odysseus) and his crew land on Aeaea, and a team of scouts discover the palace of Circe, a witch goddess. Circe invites Ulysses’s men inside for a drink and then magically turns them into pigs. One crewmember escapes and informes Ulysses of her plan. Ulysses is able to overcome Circe thanks to a magical herb that protects him from Circe’s witchcraft gifted from Hermes. Circe then develop a romantic relationship with him and transforms h