Sirens in Wikipedia
In Greek mythology, the Sirens (Greek singular: Σειρήν Seirēn;
Greek plural: Σειρῆνες Seirēnes) were three dangerous bird-
women, portrayed as seductresses who lured nearby sailors with
their enchanting music and voices to shipwreck on the rocky
coast of their island. Roman poets placed them on an island
called Sirenum scopuli. In some later, rationalized traditions
the literal geography of the "flowery" island of Anthemoessa,
or Anthemusa,[1] is fixed: sometimes on Cape Pelorum and at
others in the islands known as the Sirenuse, near Paestum, or
in Capreae.[2] All such locations were surrounded by cliffs
and rocks...
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