The Witch's Lair Chapter 5
warning for sexual themes down the lines
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Odysseus and his men taste the hospitality of Circe Odysseus and Circe have a small more intimate discussion
Finally after so long I tried to fight my writer's block back! A small birthday dedication to @ulises-aithon [man I have at least two more that wait!!!]
Circe greeting Odysseus's men was of course inspired by the Odyssey Circe and Odysseus being so openly intimate during the meal is also something I thought I would play around with "Odysseus cheated" factor. For his men it seems perfectly normal and that Odysseus just decided to have some fun with the beautiful goddess. The dance scene is of course inspired by ancient and more modern/traditional Greek counterparts where people join together to dance or play music. The music part is also given randomly here that some of the men might have been musically trained. In folk dances oftentimes a dancer has a piece of cloth waving in the air. I am not sure if we can assume this is an ancient custom but I am using the anachronism here for the story Odysseus joins the dance first. In Greek dances usually the first and last positions are offered to the best dancers. The first because he sets the pace and the last that keeps it up. Odysseus now joining first can also be seen as a social and hierarchal thing given that he is the king of theirs. so it is a mixture of both Yes Circe is offering her maidens contraceptive drugs and herbs so they can have their own fun if they want to (in ancient myths nymphs and men oftentimes got associated for the better or the worse) During their conversation Odysseus notes she is worried. Circe in Argonautica was worried because of a dream and then the dream came true because murderers Jason and Medea arrived to her house Also me trying to create a more complex psychological background of Odysseus! Do not mind me!
I might edit the chapter in the future see also this image!
💬 3 🔁 2 ❤️ 22 · Angelika Kauffmann (1786) "Circe Enticing Ulysses" -detail- No seriously struggling with my writer's block and I was stru














