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Key Details
Type
StraitMythology
Greek Pantheon
Coordinates
38.2°N, 15.6°E
About This Location
Song on the bone-beach
Odyssey 12: Circe warns of the Sirens' meadow of moldering men. Odysseus stops his crew's ears with wax and has himself lashed to the mast. He hears the pitch (they claim knowledge of Troy) and cannot act. Homer does not give a city or a cult. Later vases show two birds with women's heads. The strait is a listening test. The danger is knowledge offered at the wrong time, not a navy.
Primary Sources
“Draw near, famous Odysseus, great glory of the Achaeans, and listen to our voice. We know all that the Argives and Trojans suffered at Troy.”
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