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Circe lived on the island of Aeaea, known today as the Circeo Promontory, which is located in the Province of Latina, south of Rome.
From BBC • Jul. 23, 2024
Among nasty women, the witch of Aeaea has held a place of prominence since Homer first sang of her wiles.
From Washington Post • Apr. 9, 2018
Then he went to Italy, where his tourist impressions were noted with great care, and finally to the Mediterranean island of Aeaea, "twelve hours from Naples," which is mythical.
From Time Magazine Archive
They had come to Aeaea, the realm of Circe, a most beautiful and most dangerous witch.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Circe’s island = Aeaea, off the coast of Latium.
From Milton's Comus by Bell, William
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