Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses

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Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses
Artist John William Waterhouse
Year 1891
Type Oil on canvas
Dimensions 149 cm × 92 cm (59 in × 36 in)
Location Gallery Oldham, Oldham

Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses is an oil painting in the Pre-Raphaelite style by John William Waterhouse that was created in 1891.

The painting depicts a scene from Greek mythology, the sorceress Circe offering Ulysses a cup containing a potion with which she seeks to bring him under her spell as she has his crew.


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