One must respects such charisma and charm and power. One fears it too. Kirce and Helen actually share much in common. Suppose, then, she looks upon you kindly, the chances are that you shall see your friends under your own roof, in your father's country. That I suggest might be part of our anxiety.
Women consume, women demean, women destroy.
Kirke's trance beguiles and bewitches. The Sirens lure. Or, if we listen to the shade of Agamemnon, Odysseus' earthly equal, we are exposed to some of the most troubling dialogue in the poem. Advice like this has been the warp and weft of contemporary male culture. And God help the 12 slave women who shamed Odysseus.