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Circe Sketch Card - Classic Mythology

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A sketch card of Circe from Greek Mythology that I drew for our Classic Mythology trading card set.



Circe - Greek Mythology – Circe is a minor goddess of magic (or sometimes a nymph, witch, enchantress or sorceress), described in Homer's Odyssey as "The loveliest of all immortals", living on the island of Aeaea, famous for her part in the adventures of Odysseus. By most accounts, Circe was the daughter of Helios, the god of the sun, and Perse, an Oceanid and the sister of Aeetes, the keeper of the Golden Fleece, Perses and Pasiphaë, the wife of King Minos and mother of the Minotaur. Other accounts make her the daughter of Hecate. Circe transformed her enemies, or those who offended her, into animals through the use of magical potions. She was known for her knowledge of drugs and herbs.



Perna Studios is very excited to announce our very first trading card set entitled Classic Mythology. This set will focus on 6 timeless Classic Mythologies that we have all come to love and enjoy during our lifetime. The mythologies spotlighted in this set are Greek, Norse, Egyptian, Celtic, Japanese and Hindu. We have an impressive list of artists involved on this set working on both base/promo cards and sketch cards.


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DocMikeB's avatar
Impressive and beautiful!
Some classical Roman writers and some modern historians identify the Island of Aeaea with the promontory of Circeo in Italy... that once was completely surrounded by water... even if some geologists tell that the promontory ceased to be an island centuries before Homer's time
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A second theory tells that Homer called "Aeaea" the Island of Ponza... 40 miles off Naples.
Anyway on the Circeo there is a famous cave, called by locals "cave of Circe".