... > Classical Mythology and Ancient History > the Greek heroic legends (I) > adventures of the Greeks after the fall of Troy: the wanderings of Ulysses (Homer, Odyssey) > wanderings of Ulysses: from the Cicones to Scylla > Ulysses on the island of Circe (Homer, Odyssey X) > Ulysses at the house of Circe; she begs for mercy after Ulysses has resisted her drugged cup