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Circe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (658 words) |
 | In Greek mythology, Circe or Kírkē (Greek Κίρκη) was a goddess (or sometimes nymph or sorceress) living on the island of Aeaea. |
| That Circe also purified the Argonauts for the death of Apsyrtus may be early tradition. |
| In later tales Circe turned Picus into a woodpecker for refusing her love, and Scylla into a monstrous creature with six dogs' heads when Glaucus (another object of Circe's affection) declared his undying love for her. |
| Circe Salon (1052 words) |
| Circe is also a chess variant; see Circe chess.'' ---- ]] In Greek mythology, Circe or Kirkê was a goddess living on the island of Aeaea. |
| Circe's father was Helios, the pre-Olympic titan of the Sun, and her mother was Perse, an Oceanid; she was sister of Aeetes, the king of Colchis and of Pasiphae and Aga. |
| Circe chess (or just circe) is a chess variant in which captured pieces are reborn on their starting positions as soon as they are captured, based on the following rules: #Pawns return to the start position on the same file they are captured on. |
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