Sirens

Sirens

Creatures, part woman and part bird, who lure sailors off their ships and eat them.

Places
  1. Fairyland
  2. Sea
Events
  1. Argonauts sail past the Sirens
  2. Butes is lured off the Argonauts’ ship by the Sirens
  3. Butes is saved from the Sirens by Aphrodite
  4. Odysseus sails past the island of the Sirens
  5. Odysseus has himself tied to the mast as he sails past the Sirens
  6. The Sirens die when Odysseus ship passes them safely
Members of this group

People:

  1. Aglaope
  2. Pisinoe
  3. Thelxiepia
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 3.4
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.10
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.25
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.18
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.19
  6. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 21.1
  7. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 34.3
  8. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 5.12
  9. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 6.5
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