Definition of Circean. Meaning of Circean. Synonyms of Circean

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Definition of Circean

Circean
Circean Cir*ce"an, a. [L. Circaeus.] Having the characteristics of Circe, daughter of Sol and Perseis, a mythological enchantress, who first charmed her victims and then changed them to the forms of beasts; pleasing, but noxious; as, a Circean draught.

Meaning of Circean from wikipedia

- Circe (/ˈsɜːrsiː/; Ancient Gr****: Κίρκη : Kírkē) is an enchantress and a minor goddess in ancient Gr**** mythology and religion. In most accounts, Circe...
- obtained it by sleeping with him, after drugging him with a drink from the Circean root, which came from a plant of the milkweed family. In another version...
- yes, Aeaea: you will feel at home, no doubt", a reference to Sophie's Circean nature. "Aeaean" was an epithet of Circe and her paternal niece Medea (Αἰαίη)...
- Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020. "Circean". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription...
- masters of it... . [P.S.] I find that my enumeration of the animals in this Circean Palace was defective ... . I have just met on the grand staircase five...
- centipedes killing any unlawful concubine; but Procris, with a protective circean herb, lay with Minos with impunity. In another version, this unexplained...
- Thriller The Remarkable Mrs Hawk: A Modern Re-telling of Homer's Odyssey, Circean Poison with a Side of Bacon". The Last DriveIn. Retrieved October 30, 2013...
- distant from the s****, and it probably kept within the lagoons below the Circean promontory. Although the remains of the via Severiana are scanty, there...
- Oliver Haddo Reviews The Garden of J****. By Aleister Crowley The Dream Circean. By Marital Nay The Lost Shepherd. By Victor B. Neuburg A Handbook of Geomancy...
- Procris was said to have helped cure the king of his genital sickness with a circean herb. She was given a dog no quarry could escape and an infallible javelin...