Mermaids folklore creatures with the head and upper body of a woman and the body of a fish appear in many countries around the world. Many have traced the contemporary conception of a mermaid to the ancient Greek figure of a siren despite the fact that similar creatures can be found all over the world.
Sirens are dangerous creatures in ancient Greek mythology across the world, the fearsome figures that are depicted as half-woman and half-bird perched on rocks singing seductive songs.
They hoped to ensnare nearby sailors to the dangerous rocks and with their seductive songs to cause shipwrecks.
The most famous mention of sirens in ancient Greek literature is from Homer's famous ancient book The Odyssey in which Odysseus is warned by the sorceress Circe of the iresistable songs of the sirens. Odysseus ordered his crew to tie him to the mast of the ship and not to untie him until they passed the creatures and to put into their ears beeswax.
Upon hearing the beautiful song Odysseus begged his crew to rrelease him but they refused and sailed away.
According to some ancient authors the sirens were fated to die if they heared the song and resisted therefore Odysseus was the first to kill the creatures who killed themselves falling into the sea while he fled to safety.
PLEASE DON'T FORGET THAT THE PARTHENON MARBLES MUST RETURN TO GREECE.
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