In the tenth book of The Odyssey Odysseus and his men go through many trials and tribulations to get to Ithaca and due to an unforeseen circumstance they are delayed in their journey. By cause of the setback, Odysseus and his crew end up in Aiaia, home of the goddess Kirke. Odysseus’s crew fall under a curse that turns them all into pigs after entering her home and when Odysseus tries to rescue them, Kirke tries to trap him too. She soon realizes that her curse doesn’t work on him and tries to remedy her violation of Xenia by feeding and housing them all for a year. Due to Kirke’s initial actions of malediction I believe her attempt to right her wrong was in vain because she wouldn’t have redressed her wrongdoing if Odysseus would have fell
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After their perilous stay there, they left and arrive on the island of Aiaia. He and his men see a house with smoke ascending and his men go to see if the cause of the smoke was from people so that they could ask for help. As they approach the hall, they see that Kirke is the cause of the smoke and she invites them in as they approach her. She turns them into pigs by “adding her own vile pinch” into the food and drink she offered them (172). Eurylokhos, whom didn’t go into her home with the rest of his crew, witnessed the spell and scurried to Odysseus to tell him of what had transpired. Odysseus journeys by himself to rescue his men and while at her place she tries hexing him too, but it doesn’t work because of the magic plant Hermes gave him on his way to her. When she sees that he’s unaffected by her drink she says to him: “Never a mortal man that drank this cup but when it passed his lips he had succumbed. Hale must your heart be and your tempered will. Odysseus then you are, O great contender… We two shall mingle and make love upon our bed. So mutual trust may come of play and love.” (175) These lines illustrate the insincerity she has regarding hexing him. She only backpedals because of who he is and how he reacted to her attempt to harm
After their perilous stay there, they left and arrive on the island of Aiaia. He and his men see a house with smoke ascending and his men go to see if the cause of the smoke was from people so that they could ask for help. As they approach the hall, they see that Kirke is the cause of the smoke and she invites them in as they approach her. She turns them into pigs by “adding her own vile pinch” into the food and drink she offered them (172). Eurylokhos, whom didn’t go into her home with the rest of his crew, witnessed the spell and scurried to Odysseus to tell him of what had transpired. Odysseus journeys by himself to rescue his men and while at her place she tries hexing him too, but it doesn’t work because of the magic plant Hermes gave him on his way to her. When she sees that he’s unaffected by her drink she says to him: “Never a mortal man that drank this cup but when it passed his lips he had succumbed. Hale must your heart be and your tempered will. Odysseus then you are, O great contender… We two shall mingle and make love upon our bed. So mutual trust may come of play and love.” (175) These lines illustrate the insincerity she has regarding hexing him. She only backpedals because of who he is and how he reacted to her attempt to harm