Circe is an enchantress and a minor goddess in ancient Greek mythology and religion. In most accounts, Circe is described as the daughter of the sun god Helios and the Oceanid nymph Perse. Circe was renowned for her vast knowledge of potions and herbs. Through the use of these and a magic wand or staff, she would transform her enemies, or those who offended her, into animals.
Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses by John William Waterhouse
Circe and Scylla in John William Waterhouse's Circe Invidiosa (1892)
Frederick S. Church's Circe (1910)
Annibale Carracci's Ulysses and Circe (c. 1590) at Farnese Palace
In Greek mythology, the Oceanids or Oceanides are the nymphs who were the three thousand daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys.
Les Océanides, Gustave Doré (c. 1860)
The 1925 bronze copy of the Océanides in the Rodin Museum, Philadelphia