Author Archives: Mingyue Xu

“Then the demon released the merchant and departed. The merchant turned to the three old men and thanked them, and they congratulated him on his deliverance and bade him good-bye. Then they separated, and each of them went on his … Continue reading →

“Calypso composed herself and went to Odysseus, Zeus’ message still ringing in her ears. She found him sitting where the breakers rolled in. His eyes were perpetually wet with tears now. His life draining away in homesickness.   The nymph … Continue reading →

The section impressing me most lies in Book X, Page 448~449, Line 478~487. Before reading this part, I regarded Circe as a “dread goddess” as Odyssey describes, who puts the insidious drugs into the wine and bewitches Odyssey’s comrades into … Continue reading →