concept
the Sirens
Sirens
also: Σειρῆνες
Two bewitching singers whose song draws sailors to their death in a meadow heaped with rotting corpses; Odysseus has his crew bind him to the mast so he alone can hear them safely.
Reading notes
- The Odyssey §12.37 the Sirens
Two singers whose irresistible voice lures sailors to a meadow strewn with the bones of the dead; Circe's warning and Odysseus's mast-binding are the poem's most famous safety precaution.