Circe by Madeline Miller | Book Club Fiction

Pages to read: 335
Suggested by: Extra
ISBN: 9780316556330 (Originally listed, & Edition Eugene is using)

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While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•To whom would you suggest this book?
•What are nymphs?
•What was Helios’s presumed natural order?
•How did Helios treat astronomers?
•What do gods love?
•What did the gods think of mortals?
•What did Circe think of humans?
•Who is Circe?
•What did Circe’s relatives think of Circe?
•How can Circe’s childhood be described?
•Why did Circe take Aeëtes?
•What did Prometheus do and what was the outcome?
•What did Circe think of Prometheus?
•How does Titans and Olympians treat each other?
•What is a Fury?
•Can gods be hurt?
•Who is Daedalus?
•What is the great chain of fear?
•How did Glaucos react to Circe?
•What became of Glaucos?
•What happened to Glaucos when Glaucos gained power?
•Who is Tethys and what did Circe ask of Tethys?
•How did Circe discover witchcraft?
•How did Circe use power initially? How did Circe’s use of power change?
•Why is Scylla? What does Scylla become?
•How is witchcraft revealed to the gods?
•Who are the original witches and magicians?
•How does sorcery/witchcraft work?
•What is Circe’s specialty in witchcraft?
•What is Circe’s punishment for witchcraft?
•How did Circe react to being on the island of Aiaia?
•Who does Circe summon?
•Who is Hermes?
•How did Cicre and Hermes treat each other?
•Who can enter and leave the island of Aiaia?
•Who provides better offerings to the gods?
•What is moly?
•What happened to Pasiphaë?
•How did the minotaur came to be?
•What does Pasiphaë have on Daedalus?
•What did Daedalus give to Circe?
•How do gods prove their worth?
•How do mortals gain fame?
•What are children worth?
•What happened to Ariadne?
•Who is Medea and what happened to Medea?
•What did Jason do?
•How does Circe feel being on the island of Aiaia? How does Circe deal with the loneliness and company?
•Why do gods send their daughters to Aiaia?
•How did Odysseus and Circe treat each other?
•How did Athena treat Odysseus?
•What happened during the Trojan War?
•How did Apollo share the prophecy?
•Who did not want Circe child born?
•How did Circe deal with Athena when Telegonus was born?
•What stories did Circe tell Telegonus of Odysseus?
•What does Telegonus want to do?
•How does Circe find a way to protect Telegonus and from what?
•Who is the Great lord of the deep?
•What is Trygon’s power?
•What happened when Odysseus returned to Ithica?
•Why does Telemachus and Penelope go to Aiaia?
•What is the option Athena gives to Telemachus? What is the outcome of the offer?
•How does Circe end the exile?
•What was the outcome of the confrontation between Circe and Scylla after exile’s end?
•What choice does Circe make after exile?

Your questions are important and will take priority. If you have questions about the book's content or related ideas, either let me know what your questions are or raise them during the discussion.