Interview with Circe
Shmoop's crack team of P.I.s recently used its awe-inspiring detective skills to hack into the text messages of Circe. Several of them were not-so-mysteriously transformed into pigs not long afterward. We at Shmoop salute the sacrifice they made to bring the world the inside scoop on the immortal sea witch.
Odysseus
August 27, 1:00 A.M.
Hey baby, what's going
on?
Who is this?
I'll give you a hint.
It's kind of late for this.
Aren't you dead now?
Do you really need
sleep?
Just give me your hint
already.
It's the most beautiful
woman you've ever
laid your eyes on.
Helen?
I should've turned you
into a pig right along
with your men when
you landed on Aeaea.
I should've had myself
a BBQ and fed you to
my lions.
Oh hi, Circe. How've
you beanie weenies?
*been
I'll be much better after
I punish you for that
insult.
Can you give me a
break, please? It's the
middle of the night.
It's always night in the
Underworld! I would've
thought you figured that
out way back when
I told you how to get
there when you were alive.
Yes, yes... you were
very helpful—well,
after you decided to
turn my men back
into men anyway.
Well, you have a chance
to repay me. I'm heading
down to the Underworld
to visit Hecate, and I
thought maybe we could
get together for a little
rendezvous.
No can do. Penelope
would kill me.
Oh, come on. I'll turn her into
a macaroni for the evening.
????
*monkey
Do you know how
many suitors she refused
while I was gone?
The least I can do is
be loyal now that she's
dead.
Didn't the time you
spent with me mean
anything?
Sure, sure, sure...
Look got to go. Penelope
is about to wake up.
Turning phone off.
Scylla
August 28, 6:00 AM
Who's my favorite sea
monster?
Who is this?
I'll give you a hint.
I eat hints.
Fine, you're no fun.
It's Circe.
HOW THE HADES
DID YOU GET MY
NUMBER!!!
Glaucus.
WHAT?!!! HE HAS
THE NERVE TO GET
WHAT HE THINKS
IS A LOVE POTION
FROM YOU AND
POUR IT IN A POOL
OF WATER AND RUN
AWAY AS SOON
AS I TURN INTO THIS
AWFUL MONSTER
AND THEN HE GIVES
YOU MY NUMBER????
HOW DID HE EVEN
GET MY NUMBER?
JK! It wasn't Glaucus.
What?
It was Charybdis.
I hate that whirlpool.
I thought he was my
friend.
Oh, he is. Look, I've
got a favor to ask.
Why would I help you?
You turned me into a
monster just because you
were jealous that Glaucus
liked me more than
you. I DIDN'T EVEN
LIKE HIM.
In retrospect, it does
seem a bit rash.
>:(
Look, what would you
say if I mixed up a little
potion that turned you
back into a succulently
beautiful nymph.
I'd say you were trying
to trick me.
No tricks!
What would I have to
do?
Well, you've heard of
Odysseus' wife, Penelope.
Yeah.
Don't you think Penelope
is such a tasty name?