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View of Park Square and the statue of Circe, the Greek Goddess of Horner's Odyssey. She had magical powers and a knowledge of plants and herbs as well as being very beautiful. She invited the crew of Odysseus' ship to partake in a feast on her island home of Aeaea. The sailors devoured the food which Circe had drugged and then she used a magic wand to turn them into hogs. The hogs can be seen grovelling around the feet of Circe in the statue. However, her magic powers had no effect on Odysseus and they fell in love. He persuaded her to turn the hogs back into men, and, after spending a year on her island, she helped him find his way home to Ithaca. The bronze statue was sculpted by Alfred Drury in 1894, who also sculpted the statues of Morn and Even in City Square. It was exhibited at the Brussels International Exhibition in 1898 where it was awarded a Medal of Merit. Circe was also on display in Paris in 1900 at the Universal Exhibition. Photographs courtesy of James W. Bell. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Circe Alfred Drury Park Square | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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Circe
30th September 1999.
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