I’m drawn to these towering cliffs so oft,
awaiting tall ships that rise from the sea.
Enchanting the seamen with voice so soft,
I lull them to sleep before they can flee.
I capture their souls with mystical song,
alluring their hearts with beauty and grace.
They fall at my feet, to where they belong,
crawling on bellies to gaze at my face.
The feelings I have of beauty and lust,
an immortal goddess using my pow’r,
o’er unwary men that value my trust;
those helpless young seamen that I devour.
For the love of my song and my controls,
I am blessed with these men and their dead souls.
Seamen who sailed near were decoyed with the Sirens' enchanting music to shipwreck on the rocky coast, and the Sirens devoured them. Odysseus was curious as to what the Sirens sounded like, so he had all his sailors plug their ears with beeswax and tied him to the mast. He ordered his men to leave him tied to the mast, no matter how much he would beg.
The Sirens (Acheloides) were daughters of the river-god Achelous and a Muse. They had been nymphs and playmates of Persephone, and for not protecting her when she was carried off by Pluto, they were transformed into beings half-woman and chalf-bird by Demeter. Later they were transformed into half-woman and half-fish.
Calypso was a nymph, the daughter of the Titan Atlas. In Greek mythology, Calypso was a sea nymph who inhabited the island of Ogygia. After the last of Odysseus' men had perished at sea, she waylaid the homeward-bound Odysseus. Odysseus himself was washed ashore on Ogygia, where Calypso became enamored of him, taking him as her lover and promising him immortality if he would stay with her. Odysseus refused her offer, wishing to return home to Ithaca and to his wife, Penelope. But Calypso refused to let him leave, and held him prisoner for seven years. Finally Athena complained of Odysseus' plight to Zeus, and Zeus sent Hermes to Ogygia to order Calypso to set Odysseus free. Calypso complied reluctantly, allowing Odysseus to construct a small boat and set sail from the island.
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