Day 10, Book 10

Circe recalls Calypso – or rather, Circe anticipates Calypso, since the former precedes the latter in the chronology of encounter, if not narration.

The great African American artist Romare Bearden made a series of collages based on episodes from The Odyssey, displayed last year at the Brooks Museum. The images of Circe were particularly striking, as Bearden blends the tradition of the conjure woman with the Greek sorceress.