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[whatsanlp]

in all my research, scylla and charybdis have never been named as sirens; they are monsters.

[zipperedsquirrelnuts]

@kittysuperstar11 Actually you're both correct to a degree. In early Greek art, as well as mythology, they were depicted as she stated with the head of a woman. It wasn't until the 10th century that the myth evolved into the Siren having the head of a bird, a sparrow to be more precise.

Leonardo da Vinci wrote of the Siren,The siren sings so sweetly that she lulls the mariners to sleep; then she climbs upon the ships and kills the sleeping mariners. the fallacy of an underwater lair is movies

[Mantulis87]

Surprisingly... so wheres the cleavage that most people are watching these videos for?

[blackmumba111]

@KalikaAthanasiadis

Read my new comment...I deleted that original one because it is wrong and two years old and I really had no clue what I was talking about but thought I did...nowadays I actually research and I know I was wrong.

[KalikaAthanasiadis]

@blackmumba111 You're right and wrong at the same time. Yes, Scylla and Charybdis were monsters in The Odyssey and Odysseus and his crew did have to choose one to go by. But they were not the Sirens. And yes, Odysseus did plug his sailors' ears with wax and had them tie him up to a post so he can listen to the Sirens' song... but they were not Scylla or Charybdis. They are two different obstacles in the story. I think I would know. I am Greek after all! And everyone else is saying you're wrong.

[blackmumba111]

I wrote a comment 2 years ago that dealt with the subject of Scylla and Charybdis being sirens. They are NOT. Sirens lure men into the path of the monsters. They sing in order to bring men towards the sea monsters Scylla and Charybdis.

[blackmumba111]

@KalikaAthanasiadis

No...you obviously didn't read it then. Scylla: six heads, four eyes, 12 tentacles, a cat's tail, and 4 to six dog heads around her waist. Charybdis: a huger bladder, her head is all mouth, and she has flippers instead of arms and legs. In the part of the tale, Odysseus plugs his sailors ears with beeswax and leaves himself open to hear their song and tied to the mast. When he hears the sirens, he wants free but the men won't let him.

[KalikaAthanasiadis]

@blackmumba111 That is so wrong lol read the Odyssey once more.

[whatsanlp]

@OhWhoaBaby right above my post, blackmumba111 did.

[OhWhoaBaby]

@whatsanlp They aren't sirens..lol.They are monsters.who said they were sirens.?

[flygon3x2]

@Dracowrath1 that's not true, Poseidon kidnaps him.

[flygon3x2]

In the original Odyssey, it does not give a certain shape, they could be men for all we know.