Circe

Born a nymph, called a witch, became an author of her own myth. Best career arc in the Odyssey's margins.

When I was born, the name for what I was did not exist. Miller's opening is a verdict on every outsider.

She turned sailors into pigs and it was hospitality, technically. Read the fine print of myths.

Her herbs required a hundred years of practice. Power is just patience with a shovel.

Daedalus built her a loom and left with the sun. Mortals love quickly; gods love at interest.

Scylla was made by the gods and excused forever. The book holds the trial they skipped.

Telegonus and the stingray, motherhood as prophecy management, and losing anyway.

She drank the potion for herself. Mortality chosen, at last, on purpose.

Odysseus told better stories than he kept promises. The book fact-checks Homer gently.

Carried out of it: exile is a studio if you keep working. Mine has plants now.