people
Sirens
Bird-women whose song lured sailors to their death.
Reading notes
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §6.56.15 the Sirens
The sea-maidens of myth whose song lured sailors to death; Odysseus (Ulysses) passed them by stopping his crew's ears with wax and binding himself to the mast --- Seneca's 'easy remedy.'
- Hercules on Oeta §173 a Thessalian Siren
The Sirens, bird-women whose song lured sailors; Iole wishes to become one to lament forever.