The Sirens


 

The Sirens were monsters with beautiful female faces and bodies. Their bird-like bodies had wings and claws. Their singing lured sailors onto the rocks where their ships were destroyed. Odysseus and Jason were the only men who successfully evaded their trap.



This image of Ulysses at the island of Sirens is a detail from a Greek stamp issued in 1983.


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