Sirens, in Greek mythology, a creature half bird half woman lured sailors
to destruction by the sweetness of her song.
According to Homer, there were two sirens on an island in the Western sea
between Aeaea and the rocks of Scylla.
They were variously said to be the daughters of the sea god Phorcys or of
the river god Achelous by one of the Muses.
In Hygenius's Fabulae, a mortal's ability to resist them causes the Sirens to commit suicide.