 | Robert Thorne - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1889 - 502 pages
...remained on the surface of the earth after the deluge of Deucalion. Apollo killed tho monster. SIHENES. The Sirens. They lured to destruction those who listened...Sirens, disappointed of their prey, drowned themselves. SATOTWUS. The son of Coelus, or Uranus, by Terra. It was customary to offer human victims on his altars... | |
 | Robert Thorne - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1889 - 538 pages
...monster. SIRENES. The Sirens. Thev lured to destruction those who НЧtened to their songs. \\*hen Ulysses sailed past their island he stopped the ears of his companions with wax, anil huil himself tied to the mast of 'his ship. Thus he passed with safety, and the Sirens, disappointed... | |
 | William Ralston Balch - Bookbinding - 1895 - 830 pages
...remained on the surface of the earth after the deluge of Deucalion. Apollo killed the monster. SIKBNBS. The Sirens. They lured to destruction those who listened...Sirens, disappointed of their prey, drowned themselves. SILBNUS. A demigod, who is represented generally as a fat old man riding on an ass. with flott'ers... | |
 | William Ralston Balch - Bookbinding - 1895 - 836 pages
...remained on the surface of the earth after the deluge of Deucalion. Apollo killed the monster. SIRKNBS. The Sirens. They lured to destruction those who listened...island he stopped the ears of his companions with wax, ind had himself tied to the mast of his ship. Thus he passed with safety, and the Sirens, disappointed... | |
 | Longman (Firm) - Readers - 1897 - 296 pages
...and then devoured those who drew near to hear them sing. Ulysses, having to pass their island, filled the ears of his companions with wax and had himself tied to the mast, so that he could not, however much lie wished, go towards the singers. Milton means that in trusting... | |
 | Edward Sylvester Ellis - Mythology - 1899 - 206 pages
...sire Silenus found." snare when nearing their abode, Ulysses had the ears of his companions stopped with wax, and had himself tied to the mast of his ship. They thus sailed past in safety ; but the Sirens, thinking that their charms had lost their powers,... | |
 | Edward Sylvester Ellis - Classical dictionaries - 1900 - 238 pages
...wrote elegies, epigrams, and dramatic pieces, esteemed for their beauty. Sire'nes. The Sirens. The}' lured to destruction those who listened to their songs....Sirens, disappointed of their prey, drowned themselves. Sis'yphus. Son of -5£olus and Enaretta. After death he was condemned, in the infernal regions, to... | |
 | Henry Woldmar Ruoff - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1905 - 742 pages
...destruction. To avoid the snare when nearing their abode, Ulysses had the ears of his companions stopped with wax, and had himself tied to the mast of his ship. They thus sailed past in safety ; but the Sirens, thinking that their charms had lost their powers,... | |
 | Paget Jackson Toynbee - 1914 - 590 pages
...by their singing lured to destruction all who sailed within hearing ot them. When Ulysses approached their island he stopped the ears of his companions with wax and bound himself to the mast of his ship, whereby he escaped without being ensnared. The Sirens are said... | |
 | Bettina L. Knapp - Psychology - 1989 - 264 pages
...he knew he would soon hear the mesmerizing songs of the Sirens, Ulysses filled the ears of his crew with wax and had himself tied to the mast of his ship so that he would not yield to their allure. So mesmerizing and frightening were Sirens considered that... | |
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The Sirens. They lured to destruction those who listened to their songs. When Ulysses sailed past their island he stopped the ears of his companions with wax, and had himself tied to the mast of his ship. Thus he passed with safety, and the Sirens, disappointed... 
