page_title: Invidia
hierarchical_section_title: Invidia
caption_attribution_description: Image of Circe, a figure from Greek mythology, who appears in Homer's Odyssey. This painting shows a scene not from the Odyssey, but from Ovid's Metamorphoses. A jealous Circe throws a magic potion into the well, where her rival in love Scylla is going to bathe.
context_page_description: In Latin, invidia is the sense of envy, a "looking upon" associated with the evil eye, from invidere, "to look against, to look in a hostile manner." Invidia is one of the Seven Deadly Sins in Christian belief.
context_section_description: In Latin, invidia is the sense of envy, a "looking upon" associated with the evil eye, from invidere, "to look against, to look in a hostile manner." Invidia ("Envy") is one of the Seven Deadly Sins in Christian belief.
caption: Circe Invidiosa ("Circe, abounding in envy") by John William Waterhouse
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