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In Greek mythology, the sirens were dangerous creatures, who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and singing voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island. | |||
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Odysseus was curious as to what the sirens sang to him, and so, on the advice of Circe, he had all of his sailors plug their ears with beeswax and tie him to the mast. He ordered his men to leave him tied tightly to the mast, no matter how much he might beg. When he heard their beautiful song, he ordered the sailors to untie him but they bound him tighter. When they had passed out of earshot, Odysseus demonstrated with his frowns to be released. Some post-Homeric authors state that the sirens were fated to die if someone heard their singing and escaped them, and that after Odysseus passed by they therefore flung themselves into the water and perished. | |||
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Revision as of 05:33, 6 March 2022
Chapter 11 Sirens
Gilbert Schema
Scene: The Concert Room
Hour: 4 PM
Organ: Ear
Symbol: Barmaids
Art: Music
Technic: fuga per canonem(a)
Summary
Odyssey
From Wikipedia [1]:
In Greek mythology, the sirens were dangerous creatures, who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and singing voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island....
Odysseus was curious as to what the sirens sang to him, and so, on the advice of Circe, he had all of his sailors plug their ears with beeswax and tie him to the mast. He ordered his men to leave him tied tightly to the mast, no matter how much he might beg. When he heard their beautiful song, he ordered the sailors to untie him but they bound him tighter. When they had passed out of earshot, Odysseus demonstrated with his frowns to be released. Some post-Homeric authors state that the sirens were fated to die if someone heard their singing and escaped them, and that after Odysseus passed by they therefore flung themselves into the water and perished.
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Links
Yale Modernism page: https://modernism.courseresource.yale.edu/2017/07/13/the-sirens/
Table of Contents
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Ulysses by James Joyce
Ulysses/Nestor (empty) Ulysses/Proteus (empty) Ulysses/Aeolus (empty) Ulysses/Scylla and Cherybdis (empty) Ulysses/Sirens (empty) Ulysses/Nausicaa (empty) Ulysses/Circe (empty) Ulysses/Eumaeus (empty) Ulysses/Ithaca (empty) Ulysses/Penelope (empty)
Joyce/Lost Notebook · Joyce/Conversations Metempsychosis · Parallax · Rocks · Agenbite · Elijah Fruits · Weggiebobbles · Newspapers
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