1、-,1,TheSirens,BY李鳳嬌,-,2,TheAppearanceofSirensSirensinGreekMythologyOdysseusandtheSirensSirensandDeathWord“sirenintheDictionary,-,3,TheAppearanceofSirens,Sirenscombinewomenandbirdsinvariousways.InearlyGreekartSirenswererepresentedasbirdswithlargewomensheads,birdfeathersandscaly（有鱗的）feet.Later,theywer

2、erepresentedasfemalefigureswiththelegsofbirds,withorwithoutwings,playingavarietyofinstruments,especiallyharps.TheSirensofGreekmythologyweresometimesportrayedinlaterfolklore（民間傳說(shuō)）asfullyaquatic(水棲的）andmermaid-likecreatures.,-,4,-,5,SirensinGreekMythology,IngreekmythologytheSirensweredangerouscreature

3、sportrayedasfemmefatales（女妖精）wholurednearbysailorswiththeirenchantingmusicandvoicestoshipwreckontherockycoastoftheirisland.WhentheSirensweregivenanameoftheirown，theywereconsideredthedaughtersoftherivergodAchelous(阿克羅斯).Althoughtheyluredmariners,theGreeksportrayedtheSirensintheirmeadowstarredwithflow

4、ersbutnotasseadeities.RomanwriterslinkedtheSirensmorecloselytothesea.,-,6,OdysseusandtheSirens,Faroutintheseatherewasanisland，ontherockyedgeofwhichlivedthreeSirensHalfhumanandhalfbird，theSirensisterssatinafieldofflowers,singinginvoicesthatexcitedtheheartsofmenTheattractivesongsweresosweetthatshipswe

5、reattractedtotheislandandstrucktopiecesontherocksNosailornorshiphadeverbeenknowntopasstheIslandoftheSirenswithoutbeingattractedtodisaster.,-,7,ActingontheadviceofCirce（女神賽絲），Odysseus（奧德修斯）tookcarefulpreparationagainsttheSirensBeforetheirshipscametowheretheycouldhearthesong,Odysseushadhimselftiedtoth

6、emast(桅桿），stoppedtheearsofhismenwithwax（蠟）andorderedthemtoignorehisordersandgestureswhentheywerepassingthefatalislandSoontheycameinsightoftherockyisland，andtheattractivesongreachedtheearsofOdysseus,-,8,Itmovedhimsomuchthathestruggledindespairtofreehimselfandshoutedforhismentoturntowardstherichandflo

7、werygrasslandofthesingingsistersButnoonepaidanyattentiontohimThesailorskeptstraightonuntiltheywerecompletelyoutofhearingThenhisfriendsfreedhimandtookthewaxoutoftheirearsForoncetheSirenshadsungwithnoeffectsTheeldestofthesisters，lovedOdysseussomuchthatshethrewherselfintotheseaafterhisshipshadpassed,-,

8、9,SirensandDeath,Somepost-Homeric（后荷馬時(shí)期）authorsstatethattheSirenswerefatedtodieifsomeoneheardtheirsingingandescapedfromthem.Therefore,afterOdysseuspassedby，theyflungthemselvesintothewater.ItisalsosaidthatHera（赫拉）,queenofthegods,persuadedtheSirenstoenterasingingcontestwiththeMuses.TheMuseswonthecompetitionandthenplucked（拔）outalloftheirfeathersandmadecrowns（王冠).Outoftheiranguish（痛苦）fromlosingthecompetition,theSirensturnedwhiteandfellintothesea.,-,10,“sirenintheDictionary,1.adevicethatmakesalongloudsoundasasignalorwarning汽笛；警報(bào)器2.awomanwhoisveryattractiveorbeaut