The Odyssey · Book 12
The Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis
Odysseus survives the Sirens and sails between Scylla and Charybdis, but his starving crew kill the Sun god’s sacred cattle. Zeus destroys their ship, and Odysseus alone drifts back to Calypso.
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Circe warned me to watch for the Sirens and their magic song.
Homer, Odyssey, Book 12, lines 37-46 (scene reference)
Their sweet voices lure men toward a shore covered with bones.
Homer, Odyssey, Book 12, lines 45-46 (scene reference)
She told me to block my crew's ears with soft wax.
Homer, Odyssey, Book 12, lines 47-49 (scene reference)