people
The Sirens
Sirens
also: Acheloiades
Sea-maidens, daughters of the river Achelous, whose song lured sailors to wreck on their rocks off the Campanian coast.
Reading notes
- Metamorphoses §14.433 Sirens, Achelous's daughters
The Sirens, daughters of the river-god Achelous, whose deadly song lured sailors onto their rocks off Campania.