Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses 瑟茜把杯子递给尤利西斯
Painting Date: 1891
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 149 x 92 cm
Location: Oldham Art Gallery, Oldham, England
特洛伊战争之后,尤利西斯前往Aeaea,瑟茜住在那里,她是个美丽的魔女,有把人变成猪的力量,尤利西斯凭借Hermes给他的草药抵御瑟茜的魔法。
瑟茜右手执酒杯,左手拿着魔法仪式用的剑,美丽而高傲。她身后的圆镜中映出尤利西斯。
Ulysses and the Sirens 尤利西斯与赛壬
Painting Date: 1891
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 100 x 201.7 cm
Location: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
赛壬是传说中半人半鸟的生物,他们用歌声来迷惑水手,尤利西斯用蜡封住水手们的耳朵,这样他们便听不到赛壬的歌声,但尤利西斯自己可以听到赛壬的歌声,于是,他把自己绑在桅杆上,自己便无法操控船。
拥有美丽头部的赛壬围着船飞翔,她们的表情生动,仿佛能够听到魅惑的歌声。
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
故事来源于奥维德的《变形记》。海神格劳克斯爱上水泽女神锡拉,但被锡拉拒绝,格劳克斯向瑟茜求助,瑟茜爱上了格劳克斯,她决心除掉锡拉,于是,瑟茜在通常锡拉沐浴的海域下毒,锡拉被毒药变成怪兽,又在意大利和西西里之间的海域变成石头,这就是至今仍以危险著称的锡拉岩。
La Belle Dame Sans Merci
Painting Date: 1893
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 112 x 81 cm
Location: Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany
根据John Keats的La Belle Dame Sans Merci画成:
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.