The Odyssey 4 : The Sirens

Odysseus and his men soon encountered another danger...the Isle of the Sirens. The song of the sirens bewitched men and drew them in to the island where they would be smashed against the rock and shipwrecked.

Odysseus gave all the men wax to plug up their ears and then asked them to tie him to the mast. He made them promise that however much he pleaded, shouted or asked to be set free they were not to untie him. They did as they were told.

The sirens sang their song and tried to lure the sailors towards their shores. The men could not hear them and as Odysseus asked they did not free him. They passed the sirens without shipwreck.

Next, as Circe had warned them, they had to pass between the Sea Monster Scylla and the deadly whirlpool Charybdis. They had a dreadful journey and lost some of the men but got free and on their way.