\b0 Marine creatures, said by some to number two, by others three. They were considered the daughters of Phorcys, a divinity
of the sea, or of the \b \cf4 \ATXht11321 Muses\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 Terpsichore, Melpomene, and Calliope. They were represented as creatures with the bodies of women and the heads of birds, with powerful talons, resembling the \b \cf4 \ATXht10803 Harpies
\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . They lived on an island in the Mediterranean and charmed sailors with their song, causing their ships to crash on the rocks. \b \cf4 \ATXht409 Ulysses\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 was able to hear them without losing his ship. When the \b \i \cf4 \ATXht10135 Argos\b0 \i0 \cf0 \ATXht0 approached their coasts on its return voyage from \b \cf4 \ATXht10327 Colchis\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , the Sirens tried to enchant the \b \cf4 \ATXht114 Argonauts\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , but their song was easily overcome by \b \cf4 \ATXht11509 Orpheus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . Humiliated, they threw themselves into the sea and were turned into rocks.
