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この読み物の本文は、アポロドーロス『ビブリオテーケー（ギリシア神話）』 摘要7（E.7.1–E.7.40）全40節。ホメロス『イリアス』『オデュッセイア』の本文ではない。
一隻だけになって、彼はアイアイエ島に寄せた。住んでいたのはキルケ。太陽神ヘリオスとペルセの娘で、アイエテスの姉妹にあたる。あらゆる魔術に長けていた。オデュッセウスは仲間を二手に分け、籤に従って自分は船に留まり、エウリュロコスが二十二人の仲間とともにキルケのもとへ向かった。
With one ship he put in to the Aeaean isle. It was inhabited by Circe, a daughter of the Sun and of Perse, and a sister of Aeetes; skilled in all enchantments was she. Having divided his comrades, Ulysses himself abode by the ship, in accordance with the lot, but Eurylochus with two and twenty comrades repaired to Circe.
キルケに呼ばれて、エウリュロコス以外は皆なかへ入った。彼女は、チーズと蜜と大麦粉と葡萄酒で満たし、魔法を混ぜた杯を、一人ひとりに与えた。飲み終えると杖で触れ、姿を変えてしまった。ある者は狼に、ある者は豚に、ある者は驢馬に、ある者は獅子になった。
At her call they all entered except Eurylochus; and to each she gave a tankard she had filled with cheese and honey and barley meal and wine, and mixed with an enchantment. And when they had drunk, she touched them with a wand and changed their shapes, and some she made wolves, and some swine, and some asses, and some lions.
エウリュロコスはこれを見てオデュッセウスに知らせた。オデュッセウスはヘルメスから受け取ったモーリュを携えてキルケのもとへ行き、その魔法にモーリュを投じて、飲んでも一人だけ魔法にかからなかった。そして剣を抜いて彼女を殺そうとしたが、キルケは怒りをなだめ、仲間を元に戻した。害を加えないという誓いを立てさせたうえで、オデュッセウスは彼女と床を共にし、テレゴノスという子が生まれた。
But Eurylochus saw these things and reported them to Ulysses. And Ulysses went to Circe with moly, which he had received from Hermes, and throwing the moly among her enchantments, he drank and alone was not enchanted. Then drawing his sword, he would have killed her, but she appeased his wrath and restored his comrades. And when he had taken an oath of her that he should suffer no harm, Ulysses shared her bed, and a son, Telegonus, was born to him.