Circe

This sorceress of Greek legend could change humans into wolves or pigs simply by taking drugs or reciting incantations. She was said to be the daughter of Helios, the sun god, and was a main character in Homer's The Odyssey. The Greek poet described her as living in a mansion surrounded by strangely doped-up lions and wolves. She sounds lovely.

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