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“Half-birds, half beautiful maidens, the Sirens were singing enchantresses capable of luring passing sailors to their islands, and, subsequently, to their doom.” These beautiful creatures were the daughters of the river god Achelous and a Muse and lived on the islands between Aeaea and the rocks of Scylla. And on these islands, they were famous for luring sailors in with their beautiful melodies. The sailors would be compelled to sail to shore and then they would be eaten. The Sirens left the bones of their victims still rotting with flesh on the sand of their beaches. However, if any sailor could get past their compulsion unharmed, they would be forced to commit suicide or die by anothers' hand.

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An explanation of how the god or monster functions in The Odyssey

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An explanation of how the god or monster functions in The Odyssey

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In The Odyssey, the Sirens tried to bewitch Odysseus and his men. Circe warns Odysseus about the sirens, “Square in your ship’s path are Seirenes, crying beauty to bewitch men coasting by; woe to the innocent who hears that sound.” (Homer 210) The Sirens could not bewitch Odysseus because he went by with Circe’s advice. She told him to plug his crewmates’ ears with beeswax, and if Odysseus wishes to listen to their song, he must be tied up and kept restrained by his crew.

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Sirens represent the temptation, betrayal, and the thirst of men. It is known throughout the sailing community of the time that Sirens would lure men like them into a trap to kill them near the islands of Aeaea and Scylla. However, most men would still go past those places without a flick of fear in their minds. Many sailors left behind wives or partners while they sailed long distances. With this in mind, sailors did not try to stop themselves from being compelled because like masculinity back in the day, they believed they could beat the Sirens after they had gotten something from them (something as in sex). This shows the betrayal of men to their wives and how they could resist temptation like Odysseus, but choose not too.

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Homer. The Odyssey. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1961

Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Siren". Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May. 2020, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Siren-Greek-mythology. Accessed 15 December 2021.

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“Troy: The Odyssey (2017) - The Island Of Sirens Scene (3/10) | Movieclips.” YouTube, uploaded by Movieclips, 5 February 2019, https://youtu.be/Z1DO7_hHqbw.

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Troy: The Odyssey (2017) - The Island Of Sirens Scene (3/10) | Movieclips