Odyssey

How would you characterize Circe's relationship with Odysseus? Was it really just a sexual relationship? Wasn't there a sentiment of love? Idk I'm curious..

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Circe is the woman, who at first turns Odysseus' men into pigs but is impressed when she cannot affect Odysseus. She lusts after him, and he stays with her for a year. She tells him to go to the land of the dead and advises him to avoid the cattle of the sun. We can infer that Circe cared about Odysseus, but there is no mention of love.

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The Odyssey