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Archaic perfume vase in the shape of a siren, c. 540 BC The etymology of the name is contested. Robert S. P. Beekes has suggested a Pre-Greek origin. [5] Others connect the name to σειρά (seirá, "rope, cord") and εἴρω (eírō, "to tie, join, fasten"), resulting in the meaning "binder, entangler", [6] [better source needed] i.e. one who binds or entangles through magic song.
Ligeia Siren is a chalk drawing by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (DGR) that was completed in 1873. The painting depicts a siren , a creature from classic Greek mythology, that also appear in tales such as Homer 's Odyssey or Virgil 's Georgics .
A 5th-century BC Greek vase in the British Museum with illustrations of Sirens similar to those in Ulysses and the Sirens. The work depicts a scene from the ancient Greek epic the Odyssey, in which the Sirens attempt to use their enchanting song to lure the titular hero Odysseus and his crew towards deadly waters.
P. Pallas and Arachne; Pallas and the Centaur; Pandora (painting) The Parisian Sphinx; The Parnassus; Persephone (painting) Polyphemus (Sebastiano del Piombo)
Metropolitan Museum of Art This Roman bronze sculpture ca. 1571–1590 depicts a siren from Greek mythology, believed to be an emblem of the Colonna family , and first recorded in the collection of the Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte before passing into the Barberini family .
According to Greek legend, Parthenope cast herself into the sea and drowned when her songs failed to entice Odysseus. [9]: 293 Her body washed ashore at Naples, on the island of Megaride, where the Castel dell'Ovo is now located. [10] Her tomb on the island was called "constraction of sirens". [11]