# Circe and Ulysses

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## Artwork

- Artist: [WOLGEMUT, Michael](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wolgemut-michael-re4d6f51d1cd1a7>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Woodcut, 121 x 156 mm

## Commentary

The picture shows an illustration for the Nuremberg Chronicle. It depicts an episode from the Odyssey \(Bk 10\). On their journey home after the Trojan War, Ulysses and his companions came upon the island of the sorceress, Circe. With a magic potion, she transformed the men into swine; however Ulysses, having been forewarned by Mercury and having taken an antidote, was able to resist her magic. &lt;P&gt; &lt;TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR=&#34;\#99CCCC&#34;&gt; &lt;TR VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;IMG SRC=&#34;/support/gif/listen.gif&#34; BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt; Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 13 minutes\):&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A HREF=&#34;\#&#34; onClick=&#34;w=window.open \(&#39;/music1/17\_cent/monteverdi\_ulisse.html&#39;, &#39;newWin&#39;, &#39;scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350&#39;\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true&#34;&gt;&lt;B&gt;Claudio Monteverdi: Il ritorno d&#39;Ulisse, Act I, Duet of Odysseus and Pallas Athene&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;

## Related artworks

- [Dance of Death](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wolgemut-michael-re4d6f51d1cd1a7/dance-of-death-r26e3033729691b>)
- [Fall of Man and the Expulsion](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wolgemut-michael-re4d6f51d1cd1a7/fall-of-man-and-the-expulsion-rd7244d4a17d67c>)
- [Nuremberg Chronicle: God the Father Enthroned](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wolgemut-michael-re4d6f51d1cd1a7/nuremberg-chronicle-god-the-father-enthroned-r33ada628941164>)
- [Portrait of Levinus Memminger](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wolgemut-michael-re4d6f51d1cd1a7/portrait-of-levinus-memminger-r5ef3ac6853593e>)
- [Portrait of Ursula Tucher](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wolgemut-michael-re4d6f51d1cd1a7/portrait-of-ursula-tucher-rc12334785c6004>)
- [Resurrection](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wolgemut-michael-re4d6f51d1cd1a7/resurrection-rf3c3e8eb946978>)
- [Sermon of the Antichrist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wolgemut-michael-re4d6f51d1cd1a7/sermon-of-the-antichrist-rc3f35d428b46aa>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)