Greek Art: The Sirens

Michael Lahanas

Σειρήνες

Siren Eimi, "I am a Siren", Vase painting


Three examples of the strange Siren. A mixture of a women and a duck. There were actually three Sirens: Pisinoe, Aglaope and Thelxiepia (other sources use different names such as Parthenope, Leucosia, and Ligia). They were daughters of the river god ,