The Sirens
Gabe Broyles and Cameron Easter
The Sirens from the Odyssey
Summary-Circe warns Odysseus about the dangers he will face at sea. One of these is the Sirens. In the adventure of the Argonauts, Jason and his men faced the danger of the Sirens with the help of the singing of Orpheus. Odysseus has no Orpheus to drown out the lovely voices, so he orders his men to stuff their ears with wax and tie him to a mast so he can't escape, but can still hear them singing. This painting shows the sirens as beautiful women-birds who fly to their prey instead of luring them from afar. Source-www.ancienthistory.about.com
Poetic Technics
Simile-" Circe left me taking her way like a great goddess up the island ", "There for you are to tie me up, tight as a splint"
Imagery-" and their green shore all sweet with clover", " I carved a massive cake of beeswax into bits and rolled them in my hands until they softened no long task"
Diction-" Crave" =desire, "massive"=huge
Some main Characters!!!
Circe
A goddess who reveals a course to Odysseus and gives him advice on how to avoid the dangers he will face.
Odysseus
He had to face dangers and a war. Trying to find his way home but he keeps running into problems.
Sirens
Girls, almost like mermaids who live in the sea and on islands that can lure sailors to their destruction. They can win them over and then kill them. They are really evil.
Trilogy - Siren Song