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Siren (mythology)

Siren (mythology)
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Overview

creatures half bird and half woman who lured sailors by the sweetness of her song

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  1. "When I saw that we were near the home of the Sirens, I said to my men: 'It is not wise that only one of us should know the oracles of Circè, and I will tell you all she said to me, that ye may escape from the perils before us; and I disclosed her sayings to them. Then I took a handful of wax and warmed it in the sun until it was soft, and carefully clogged up their ears.

    Homer, Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca Adapted from the Third Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece

    The chapter “CHAPTER XXIV ODYSSEUS MEETS THE SIRENS, SKYLLA, AND CHARYBD…” is titled for Siren; names Siren several times.

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  2. “‘So far so good,’ said she, when I had ended my story, ‘and now pay attention to what I am about to tell you—heaven itself, indeed, will recall it to your recollection. First you will come to the Sirens who enchant all who come near them. If any one unwarily draws in too close and hears the singing of the Sirens, his wife and children will never welcome him home again, for they sit in a green field and warble him…

    Homer, The Odyssey

    Names Siren several times.

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  3. FABLE.—The Sirens are said to be the daughters of Achelous and Terpsichore, one of the Muses. In their early days they had wings, but lost them upon being conquered by the Muses, with whom they rashly contended; and with the feathers of these wings the Muses made themselves crowns, so that from this time the Muses wore wings on their heads, except only the mother to the Sirens. These Sirens resided in certain…

    Francis Bacon, Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients

    Names Siren several times; opens on Siren.

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Related ideas

Place in the tradition

Part of Rationalism.

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