
Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses 瑟茜把杯子遞給尤利西斯
Painting Date: 1891
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 149 x 92 cm
Location: Oldham Art Gallery, Oldham, England
特洛伊戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)之后,尤利西斯前往Aeaea,瑟茜住在那里,她是個(gè)美麗的魔女,有把人變成豬的力量,尤利西斯憑借Hermes給他的草藥抵御瑟茜的魔法。
瑟茜右手執(zhí)酒杯,左手拿著魔法儀式用的劍,美麗而高傲。她身后的圓鏡中映出尤利西斯。

Ulysses and the Sirens 尤利西斯與賽壬
Painting Date: 1891
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 100 x 201.7 cm
Location: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
賽壬是傳說(shuō)中半人半鳥(niǎo)的生物,他們用歌聲來(lái)迷惑水手,尤利西斯用蠟封住水手們的耳朵,這樣他們便聽(tīng)不到賽壬的歌聲,但尤利西斯自己可以聽(tīng)到賽壬的歌聲,于是,他把自己綁在桅桿上,自己便無(wú)法操控船。
擁有美麗頭部的賽壬圍著船飛翔,她們的表情生動(dòng),仿佛能夠聽(tīng)到魅惑的歌聲。

Circe Poisoning the Sea 瑟茜下毒
Painting Date: 1892
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 180.7 x 87.4 cm
Location: Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
故事來(lái)源于奧維德的《變形記》。海神格勞克斯愛(ài)上水澤女神錫拉,但被錫拉拒絕,格勞克斯向瑟茜求助,瑟茜愛(ài)上了格勞克斯,她決心除掉錫拉,于是,瑟茜在通常錫拉沐浴的海域下毒,錫拉被毒藥變成怪獸,又在意大利和西西里之間的海域變成石頭,這就是至今仍以危險(xiǎn)著稱(chēng)的錫拉巖。

La Belle Dame Sans Merci
Painting Date: 1893
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 112 x 81 cm
Location: Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany
根據(jù)John Keats的La Belle Dame Sans Merci畫(huà)成:
She took me to her elfin grot,
And there she gaz’d and sighed deep,
And there I shut her wild sad eyes –
So kiss’d to sleep.
