Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 249, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1917 — Sirens Ancient and Modern. [ARTICLE]

Sirens Ancient and Modern.

According to ancient Greek legends of mythology, the sirens were a sort of sea nymphs, beautiful creatures with musical voices, who frequented a certain locality in the Mediterranean sea, and by melodious song turned the heads of mariners and lured them to their destruction. Hence, by a figure of speech, the turn has come to be applied to bewitching females who charm men by their musical voices and fascinating ways.