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sirens

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Sirens
with song, bird-women lure sailors to death. [Gk. Myth.: Odyssey]
See : Enchantment
sirens
their singing so sweet, it lured sailors to their death. [Gk. Myth.: Hamilton, 48]
See : Singer
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First you will come to the Sirens who enchant all who come near them.
The Odyssey by Homer View in context
Had you heard it from aboard the Argo, you would have declared it to be the sirens singing, and it would have been found necessary to lash you to the mast.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
These illustrious ladies appeared so lovely on the sign, -- they presented to the astonished eyes such an assemblage of lilies and roses, the enchanting result of the change of style in Pittrino -- they assumed the poses of sirens so Anacreontically -- that the principal echevin, when admitted to view this capital piece in the salle of Cropole, at once declared that these ladies were too handsome, of too animated a beauty, to figure as a sign in the eyes of passers-by.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
 
 
 
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