Odysseus And Sirens

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When I read Siren’s story, I thought they are mermaids. Similar to the Sirens, mermaids are beautiful, they use their beauties to lure men to death. However, as I search their image online, I find out that on ancient sculptures Sirens are shown as half human and half bird creatures. They are not as beautiful as I think. The picture is about Odysseus meets Siren. Circe gives Odysseus two options: either choose to plug his ear or ask shipmates to bind him with tight rope while they pass through the island of the Sirens. Odysseus is very confident and choose the latter one. Yet, he’s lured by Sirens that “ They sent their ravishing voices out across the air and the heart inside me throbbed to listen longer. I signaled the crew with frown to

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