Circe is Wonder Woman's most known and prominent nemesis. Appearing in more than half of her comics if nothing more than a brief cameo. Circe her self is an all powerful sorceress from Greek myth that was re-purposed into a super villain. She is often seen in the comics trying to change some large portion of something (city, state, cont.) into beastiamorphs. She is hell bent on getting revenge on men specifically as well as a select group of people who get in her way. Circe in the comics has a weird but unique back story. She is the Daughter of two titans and a former princess/ sorceress of colchis. She was driven from colchis for her "black magic" and eventually wound up on an island not unlike themiscyra where she and a group of sirens lured men to the island and perfected her beastiamorph alteration power as well as her other powers. Eventually she decided to start a conflict that would more or less be a major stepping stone in her goal to bring suffering to all men. She decided to start a conflict between the amazonians and other big names from the male side of Greek myth. due to some unforeseen events her plans were partially foiled when one of the men decided to turn traitor and became the spouse of one of the higher powers in the amazonians. By looking at Circe's desire for wanton destruction and need to cause suffering to men as well as asserting her dominance over all she sees we can infer about Wonder Woman that she has a need to defend the world from threats, to allow people to continue their lives without a constant fear of being subjugated.
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