SIREN

Siren

In Greek mythology, the Sirens were dangerous and beautiful creatures, portrayed as femme fatales who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island. Roman poets placed them on some small islands called Sirenum scopuli. In some later, rationalized traditions, the literal geography of the "flowery" island of Anthemoessa, or Anthemusa, is fixed: sometimes on Cape Pelorum and at others in the islands known as the Sirenuse, near Paestum, or in Capreae. All such locations were surrounded by cliffs and rocks.

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siren

Noun

  1. (original sense) One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.
  2. A device, either mechanical or electronic, that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal, or the sound from such a device.
  3. A dangerously seductive woman.
  4. A common name for salamanders of Siren and Sirenidae.
  5. A common name for mammals of Sirenia.

Adjective

  1. Relating to or like a siren.


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