Circe (SUR-see). Enchantress of divine lineage, sister of King Aeetes of Colchis, friend and advisor to Odysseus. It was Circe who told the hero that he would have to make a side trip to Hades on his route home from the Trojan War. And it was Circe who advised Odysseus that in choosing between the twin perils of Scylla and Charybdis, he could avoid one or the other but not both.