https://padlet.com/mjyee100/fth4jvubs81uy792 bird women who sing en-us 2021-12-16 21:15:27 UTC 2024-12-13 00:31:34 UTC hello@padlet.com mjyee100 https://padlet.com/mjyee100/fth4jvubs81uy792/wish/1952640033 The sirens live on an island near Scylla and Charybdis, located in the Strait of Messina. The sirens stay on this island awaiting for passing ships. If a ship does try to cross their territory they will sing beautiful tunes which lure sailors to jump off their ship and swim to their doom. In the Odyssey, the sirens even talk about their frightening power by saying, "No seaman ever sailed his black ship past this spot without listening to the honey-sweet tones that flow from our lips and no one who has listened has not been delighted and gone on his way a wiser man," (The Sirens, Odyssey 12:186-190).]]> 2021-12-16 21:19:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mjyee100/fth4jvubs81uy792/wish/1952640033 mjyee100 https://padlet.com/mjyee100/fth4jvubs81uy792/wish/1952640981 2021-12-16 21:20:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mjyee100/fth4jvubs81uy792/wish/1952640981 pptran105 https://padlet.com/mjyee100/fth4jvubs81uy792/wish/1952642243 2021-12-16 21:21:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mjyee100/fth4jvubs81uy792/wish/1952642243 mjyee100 https://padlet.com/mjyee100/fth4jvubs81uy792/wish/1952642253 In the Odyssey, Homer defines the Sirens as mythological half-bird half-maiden creatures that live on dangerous rocks in the sea. In the epic, the two Sirens Gaia and Phorcys try to tempt Odysseus and his crew with their enchanting song attempting to obstruct Odysseus' journey home but they fail as Odysseus, know for his cleverness and quick wits decided to "tie himself to his ships mast so that he could hear the Sirens' beautiful song and not be tempted to land whist the rest of his crew were made immune by blocking their ears with wax." ]]> 2021-12-16 21:21:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mjyee100/fth4jvubs81uy792/wish/1952642253 pptran105 https://padlet.com/mjyee100/fth4jvubs81uy792/wish/1952642562 This video gives a quick explanation of what are sirens and how they behave in the stories containing them. ]]> 2021-12-16 21:22:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mjyee100/fth4jvubs81uy792/wish/1952642562 mjyee100 https://padlet.com/mjyee100/fth4jvubs81uy792/wish/1952643180 The Sirens represent the idea of men's desires as a beautiful maiden on the outside, but their true nature reveals their ravenous and ferocious self that takes advantage of their misleading outer shell. The Sirens bewitch everybody who approaches them. Throughout all the stories that contain them they are shown tempting sailors passing by and leading them to their deaths. Tn the Odyssey also, they have a bad reputation for doing this, even the famous witch Circe says, "There is no homecoming for the man who draws near them unawares...For with their high clear song the Sirens bewitch him, as they sit there in a meadow piled high with the mouldering skeletons of men," (The advice of Circe, Odyssey, 12:39-47). Their songs and appearance embody the idea of temptation since their entrancing song tempts the men to their ultimate demise. ]]> 2021-12-16 21:22:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mjyee100/fth4jvubs81uy792/wish/1952643180 pptran105 https://padlet.com/mjyee100/fth4jvubs81uy792/wish/1952644204 Cartwright, Mark. "Siren." World History Encyclopedia, 16 April 2015, https://www.worldhistory.org/Siren. Accessed 15 December 2021
"Sirens". GreekMythology.com, 06 Oct. 2021, https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Creatures/Sirens/sirens.html. Accessed 15 December 2021.
"Siren." Britannica, 20 July 1998, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Siren-Greek-mythology. Accessed 15 December 2021]]> 2021-12-16 21:23:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mjyee100/fth4jvubs81uy792/wish/1952644204 pptran105 https://padlet.com/mjyee100/fth4jvubs81uy792/wish/1952644610 2021-12-16 21:24:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mjyee100/fth4jvubs81uy792/wish/1952644610 pptran105 https://padlet.com/mjyee100/fth4jvubs81uy792/wish/1952645046 2021-12-16 21:24:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mjyee100/fth4jvubs81uy792/wish/1952645046