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Sirens

Sirens. By Zack & Ozan. All About Sirens. Sirens- Birds with heads of women Sings very luring song which they use to lure mariners to a deadly, rocky shore. Homer stated that there were 2 sirens while other poets claim that there were 3. Jason & The Golden Fleece.

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Sirens

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  1. Sirens By Zack & Ozan

  2. All About Sirens Sirens- Birds with heads of women Sings very luring song which they use to lure mariners to a deadly, rocky shore. Homer stated that there were 2 sirens while other poets claim that there were 3.

  3. Jason & The Golden Fleece Sirens tried to lure the Argonauts to their death. Great musician, Orpheus, realized the danger Orpheus played his own song to drown out the Sirens

  4. The Odyssey Odysseus was passing the Sirens Odysseus had his men fill their ears with wax Odysseus tied himself to the mast of the ship so he could listen to the Sirens

  5. Sirens in Modern Language siren song- the enticing appeal of something alluring but potentially dangerous siren a. A device in which compressed air or steam is driven against a rotating perforated disk to create a loud, often wailing sound as a signal or warning. b. An electronic device producing a similar sound as a signal or warning 2. Any of several salamanders of the family Sirenidae, such as the mud eel, having an eellike body, permanent external gills, small forelegs, and no hind limbs. 2. siren A woman regarded as seductive and beautiful.

  6. Allusions of Sirens in Popular Culture In the 1960s show, Batman, there was a villainess who is able to put any man under her spell by singing a note that is three octaves above high C. Her name is the Siren.

  7. Citations http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/56538/Siren http://www.pantheon.org/articles/s/sirens.html http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Siren http://www.bat-mania.co.uk/main/villains/siren_joancollins.php

  8. European Siren

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