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Image of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Circe" class="extiw" title="w:en:Circe">Circe</a>, a figure from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Greek_mythology" class="extiw" title="w:en:Greek mythology">Greek mythology</a>, who appears in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Homer" class="extiw" title="w:en:Homer">Homer</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Odyssey" class="extiw" title="w:en:Odyssey">Odyssey</a>. This painting shows a scene not from the Odyssey, but from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Ovid" class="extiw" title="w:en:Ovid">Ovid</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Metamorphoses" class="extiw" title="w:en:Metamorphoses">Metamorphoses</a>. A jealous <i>Circe</i> throws a magic potion into the well, where her rival in love <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Scylla" class="extiw" title="w:en:Scylla">Scylla</a> is going to bathe.</div>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:John_William_Waterhouse" class="extiw" title="w:en:John William Waterhouse"><span title="English painter (1849–1917)">John William Waterhouse</span></a>
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