Greek mythology
Sirens
Bird-women whose song lures sailors onto the rocks
- Mythology
- Greek mythology
- Group
- Monsters · Sea · Music
- Appears in
- The Odyssey
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The Sirens are winged maidens who sing from a flowery island heaped with the bones of the men they have lured. Their irresistible song promises all knowledge to any sailor who turns his ship toward their shore. Odysseus alone hears them and lives, lashed to his mast while his crew row past with wax-stopped ears.
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- Who is Sirens?
- The Sirens are winged maidens who sing from a flowery island heaped with the bones of the men they have lured. Their irresistible song promises all knowledge to any sailor who turns his ship toward their shore.
- Which mythology does Sirens belong to?
- Sirens belongs to Greek mythology.
- Which stories does Sirens appear in?
- Sirens appears in The Odyssey, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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