Circe is a character from the Hercules TV series.
Personality[]
Circe desperately searches Greece for romance, but her high standards usually lead to any potential suitors being transformed into animals.
Role in the series[]
Circe appears in the episode Hercules and the Song of Circe.
She arrives and decides to make Icarus her new boyfriend, but after spending 5 minutes with him, she turns him into a platypus. By the end, thanks to Helen, she turns over a new leaf.
Trivia[]
- Another version of Circe, drawn as a pig, was shown in the series DuckTales.
- Circe is the first Disney character to be portrayed by Idina Menzel, who would later portray Nancy Tremaine in Enchanted, and Elsa in Frozen.
- In the original Greek mythology, Circe is the daughter of Helios and Perse and is well versed in potions and herbs. Retellings of her story tend to either make her a goddess or simply an enchantress or other supernatural being. She is usually associated with Odysseus whom she attempted to seduce, but failed ultimately having to aid him in returning home.