In Homer’s Odyssey, we have an account of Odysseus and his men making landfall on the island of Aeaea, the home of witch-goddess Circe. After drugging most of the sailors, she turns them into pigs. Fortunately for them, Odysseus, with the help of the god Hermes, is able to restore them to their human condition. Later authors, Plutarch among them, have presented an alternative scenario, where the humans transformed into pigs do not wish to return to their form as humans but are content wit…
