Sirens in the Odyssey by https://padlet.com/comonson100/dzaad4lub0d5 By Cosette Monson, Grayson Shepard, and Sarah Yoo en-us 2019-12-04 21:09:53 UTC 2019-12-05 21:04:21 UTC hello@padlet.com mshepard100 https://padlet.com/comonson100/dzaad4lub0d5/wish/419940197 2019-12-04 21:11:50 UTC https://padlet.com/comonson100/dzaad4lub0d5/wish/419940197 Themes and Ideas mshepard100 https://padlet.com/comonson100/dzaad4lub0d5/wish/419940571 The idea of the sirens in the Odyssey was temptation and a test of loyalty. Odysseus and his men are warned by Circe that the siren song will tempt them to stay and listen to it forever. Odysseus comes up with a plan to have his crew members plug their ears with bees wax as to not fall for the temptation of the sirens. He on the other hand, wishes to hear the siren song so he instructs his men to tie him to the mast of the ship and no matter how much he begs, they must tie him tighter. "He was presented with a tempting life or death option and chose to gamble his life, along with the lives of his crew members,"(Study.com). When they have finally gotten past the sirens and out of range of their song, the men know they have all passed the temptation of the women. Odysseus himself learns of the loyalty his men have for him and he has for his men. The test of the sirens was a test of temptation, loyalty and trust and Odysseus and his crew members seem to have passed. ]]> 2019-12-04 21:12:47 UTC https://padlet.com/comonson100/dzaad4lub0d5/wish/419940571 comonson100 https://padlet.com/comonson100/dzaad4lub0d5/wish/419940807 2019-12-04 21:13:22 UTC https://padlet.com/comonson100/dzaad4lub0d5/wish/419940807 History & Background shyoo100 https://padlet.com/comonson100/dzaad4lub0d5/wish/419941142 Residing in the island of Faiakes, sirens are ancient Greek monsters that lure sailors with their voices to die, leaving their island full of corpses. Homer, the author of the Odyssey, does not actually describe the sirens physical appearance in the Odyssey, but it is inferred by the text that the sirens in the Odyssey look like "humanlike creatures, if not beautiful maidens" ("Sirens"). It is only later that people began to depict sirens as bird women, or a creature with the body of a bird and a face of a woman. This shift over time can be traced in art and sculptures people have created about the mythological sirens. Sirens came from the east into Greek art and they were transformed into monsters because they failed to prevent Persephone from being raped. The sirens in the Odyssey are traditionally the daughters of a Muse and the river god Achelous, but according to one tragedian named Euripedes, their mother was one of the Pleiades. Sirens have been mentioned in a number of stories, but their most famous appearance is in the Odyssey. ]]> 2019-12-04 21:14:04 UTC https://padlet.com/comonson100/dzaad4lub0d5/wish/419941142 comonson100 https://padlet.com/comonson100/dzaad4lub0d5/wish/419941235 2019-12-04 21:14:17 UTC https://padlet.com/comonson100/dzaad4lub0d5/wish/419941235 comonson100 https://padlet.com/comonson100/dzaad4lub0d5/wish/419942729 2019-12-04 21:17:21 UTC https://padlet.com/comonson100/dzaad4lub0d5/wish/419942729 In the Text comonson100 https://padlet.com/comonson100/dzaad4lub0d5/wish/419943463 In the Odyssey, Odysseus was visited by the God Circe on his voyage home. Circe gave him and his men a warning, "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 to death with the sweetness of their song"(Britannica). Circe advises them to put bees wax in their ears as they passed the sirens to avoid hearing their tempting song. Odysseus wanted to hear the song, so he ordered his crew to tie him to the mast of the ship and ignore his orders to be let free. Odysseus begged to be released, but his crew followed his orders. They passed by the sirens successfully and Odysseus was untied. The sirens were so distraught after someone heard their song and lived that they threw themselves into the ocean and drowned. 

]]> 2019-12-04 21:18:57 UTC https://padlet.com/comonson100/dzaad4lub0d5/wish/419943463 Sources Cited comonson100 https://padlet.com/comonson100/dzaad4lub0d5/wish/419943552 "Siren." Britannica.com,  Encyclopedia Britannica, 2019, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Siren-Greek-mythology. Accessed 3 Dec. 2019
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“Odysseus and the Sirens.” Study.com, Study.com, https://study.com/academy/lesson/odysseus-the-sirens.html. Accessed 3 Dec. 2019
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