John William Waterhouse
Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses, oil on canvas, 149 × 92 cm, Gallery Oldham, Oldham, UK.
The painting depicts a scene from Greek mythology. The sorceress Circe, a minor goddess of magic, is offering Odysseus a cup containing a potion with which she seeks to bring him under her spell.
Having a low opinion of yourself is not modesty. It’s self-destruction.
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Hagfish slime has the potential to become a stretchy fabric, say researchers. Enter the hagfish, a prehistoric eel-like creature that is more at home feeding on whale carcass at the bottom of the ocean. But they do have a trick up their sleeve, or rather tucked within their snake-like body - abundant, highly-condensed slime. A hagfish has no jaws, and its slime serves as a valuable form of self-defence. The slime has the potential to become a fabric, explaining that when the slime dries out, it becomes a silky, stretchy substance.
