My men and I next land on the island of Aeolia. Their king , Aeolus , has given us a bag full of storm winds so that we might return home safely. My men grow suspicious and open up the bag full of wind , causing us to go thorugh hurricanes and land on the island of Aeaea.
"In the wild wood they found an open glade , around a smooth stone house - the hall of Circe." Her evil animals moved their tails as they faced us. "In the entranceway they stayed to listen to there: inside her quiet house they heard the godess Circe." She was singing.
After finishing she said , "Dear friends , no need for stealth: here's a young weaver singing a pretty song to set the air atingle on these lawns and paven courts. Goddess she is , or lady. Shall we greet her?"
The men shouted as she let them in , giving them seats in thrones. She prepared them a meal. When she next returned , she had turned them into pigs. Eurylochus ran down to the ship , tears in his eyes. When asked what happened , he stopped and gave every detail about our men's last dinner with Circe.
--Odysseus
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