Why it matters
The jealous sorceress Circe pours green poison into a pool to turn her rival Scylla into a monster. It was Waterhouse's second painting of Circe.
Did you know?
- It was completed in 1892.
- It is based on Ovid's Metamorphoses.
- He painted Circe a third time in The Sorceress of 1911.
Based on the Wikipedia article Circe Invidiosa (CC BY-SA 4.0).
