I’m reading Circe and the whole romance between her and Telemachus just feels kind of eek… like girl he’s your ex lover’s son and your son’s brother 💀💀💀 Like she literally just fucks every man she meets besides her own son man. I think I would loved to see her having more platonic relationships besides with her own son… Otherwise I love the book, it’s so beautifully written, and Miller just have a way to really make you feel the power of those gods as if you are in a world where gods walked amonst the earth and the world was ran on prophecies, fates, and heroes. The prose are so pretty like poetry I could feel the sea, the fluttering salt wind, and the rustling trees.
by sam77889
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The ending of Circe and her marriage to Telemachus is based on The Telegony. This is a lost epic poem that outlines the life of Telegonus, the son of Odysseus & Circe — who kills his father on a visit to Ithaca and returns to Circe’s Aeaea with Telemachus, who marries his father’s lover (Telegonus weds Odysseus’ widow, Penelope).
Idk I think it was just giving greek mythology vibes – >!i mean pasiphae and the bull was insane but its just part of the myths 😭 he was also her first love as a human so ig i found it to be different but i do see what you mean. !< loved the book though and thought the focus on romantic love btwn circe and others made sense from the perspective that we usually see women in mythology as choiceless and robotic vessels for the men.
Lol. Take it up with the Ancient Greeks.
Through modern lenses, it is weird. But for Greek mythology it’s quite on brand.
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I mean, she’s not meant to be a super upstanding person , but rather more of an edgey rebel. Also, this is how the original myth goes.
I fr had to re-read the last few chapters to make sure what I was reading was right
The same things happens with Telegonous, Odysseus and Circe’s son. In the myth, Telegonous accidentally kills his father and marries Penelope, who was Odysseus’s wife.
Honestly, in Greek mythology the male deities all get a pass for hooking up whoever they want. It’s a symbol of power and sexuality for me that she follows her desires and isn’t tied up to some notion of femininity being controlled and submissive.
Can you answer me, did Telemachus go to the island of Circe?
I loved the book but this part creeped me out too. I don’t mind her liaisons with Hermes, Daedulus & Odysseus, seeing how long her lifespan is, literally an eternity. But Telemachus? Telemachus is practically her stepson 🥴 That can never be not revolting to me. And guess what? Miller changed the ending (God bless her!), according to Greek mythology apparently Penelope & Telegonus also end up as a couple 🤯😵💫
okay let me just say this since she fucked telemachus techncially AND HEAR ME OUT if she had his kid that would make her his stepmother but also his wife and the grandma of the theoretical child and MOTHER of her own child since shes the grandma of her own child shes also her own mother JUST THINK ABOUT IT JUST THINK
I found it weird asf too lol (but tbf she didn’t raise him with her son).
Hear this out though.. Hermes was her fck buddy at some point and then he prophesized that his descendant would end up in her island.. she would later fck Odysseus. Then he tells her of his son, Telemachus.. and years after.. she fs him too lmao.
As icky as it sounds.. it’s the least strange thing that’s related to Greek stuff.