The Hermitage By Alphonse Mucha

Story tells of her falling in love with the sea-god Glaucus, who prefers the nymph Scylla to her. In revenge, Circe poisoned the water where her rival bathed and turned her into a dreadful monster.

Circe Invidiosa by John William Waterhouse 

Pride & Prejudice (2005) dir. Joe Wright

The Rape of Proserpina, 1621-1622 Marble

Height 225 cm

Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680)

Galleria Borghese, Rome

Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen - Perretta Frightens the Demon. Illustration for 'The Devil of Pope-Fig Island' by Jean de la Fontaine: Tales and Novels in Verse. Vol. 2 London 1896.

Asamkirche, München - Deutschland

©JC Elgueta 2009

ig credit: fieldnotesbyfi

Solovetsky Monastery in Faustovo, Moscow Oblast

“Morning light can make the most vulgar things tolerable” — the secret history, by donna tartt.

The Bridge House, Perthshire

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