In Greek mythology the Sirens or Seirenes (Greek Σειρῆνας) were Naiads (sea nymphs) who lived on an island calledare Sirenumoften scopuli,confused or in some different traditions,some place themwith onmermaids. capeLike Pelorummermaids, otherssirens inhave the islandhead of Anthemusa, and others again in the Sirenusian islands near Paestum, or in Capreae which was surrounded bya cliffswoman and rocks. Approaching sailors were drawn to them by their enchanting singing, causinga thembeautiful tosinging sailvoices. intoBut theinstead cliffsof anda drown.fish's Theytail, weresirens consideredhave the daughters of Achelous or Phorcys. Homer says nothingbody of their number, but later writers mention both their names and number ; some state that they were two, Aglaopheme and Thelxiepeia; and others, that there were three, Peisinoe, Aglaope, and Thelxiepeia or Parthenope, Ligeia, and Leucosia. Their number is variously reported as between two and five, and their individual names as Thelxiepia/Thelxiope/Thelxinoe, Molpe, Aglaophonos/Aglaope, Pisinoe/Peisinoë,a Parthenope,bird. Ligeia,Sirens Leucosia,are Raidne,also andpure Teles.evil. According to some versions, they were playmates of young Persephone and were changed into the monsters of lore by Demeter for failing to intervene when Persephone was abducted. The term "sirenancient song"Greeks, refers to anthey appealuse thattheir issweet hardvoices to resist but that, iflure heeded, will leadsailors to a bad result.Within the tales of Greek Mythology there were a couple documentedsirens' casesisland, where the siren song was thwarted. The first were the Argonauts whom had Orpheus play a tune louder than they, the second was Odysseus' men who plugged their ears with beeswax. Odysseus alone volunteeredships tocrash hearon the song whilstrocky tiedshore. toThen, the ship's mast.sirens Thiskill second escape resultedand ineat the Siren's killing themselves out of shame. It was because of this that latersailors writerstrapped wouldon sayboard.

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