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To get a few good men to chow down on, they lured sailors to their shores with their music |
the Sirens
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$200 |
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MYTHOLOGY |
2001-06-26 |
#3887 |
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In early Greek art, these singing water nymphs had the bodies of birds & the faces of beautiful women |
Sirens
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$500 |
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MYTHOLOGY |
1997-07-16 |
#2983 |
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Ligeia, whose name means "shrill", was one of these sea seductresses who sang sweetly for sailors |
Sirens
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$400 |
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MYTHS & LEGENDS |
1997-04-21 |
#2921 |
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In book 12 of "The Odyssey", Circe warns of these women "who betwitch everybody who approaches them" |
Sirens
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$400 |
DJ |
WOMEN IN MYTHOLOGY |
1996-12-12 |
#2829 |
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After Odysseus sailed past them, they killed themselves for failing to stop him with their song |
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$400 |
DJ |
MYTHOLOGY |
1995-09-11 |
#2531 |
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These sea seductresses were so jealous of Orpheus' superior singing that they dove to their deaths |
sirens
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$500 |
J |
LEGENDARY CREATURES |
1993-04-21 |
#1998 |
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Odysseus heard the song of these seductive sea nymphs, but his men's ears were stuffed with wax |
the Sirens
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$600 |
DJ |
MYTHOLOGY |
1991-02-19 |
#1497 |
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When Greek sailors heard these, they pulled over; motorists today do the same |
the sirens
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$400 |
J |
MYTHOLOGY |
1989-12-05 |
#1212 |
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Long before Vanity 6, their songs drive men wild |
the Sirens
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$100 |
J |
MYTHOLOGY |
1984-11-06 |
#42 |