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"The SIRENS are another temptation for ODYSSEUS, perhaps the most powerful of all, for if he had not been bound to the mast, he would have gone to join the heaps of corpses that surround them. “Come closer, famous Odysseus,” they sing. “We know all the pains that the Greeks and Trojans once endured / on the spreading plain of Troy” - Bernard Knox, Homer's Odyssey, Book 12 (Victor Ambrus/Robert Fagles/user: Aethon) The Oddessy, The Odyssey Art, Odysseus Art, Odysseus And The Sirens, Victor Ambrus, Greek Monsters, Greek Heroes, Dorm Art, Greek Myth

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"The SIRENS are another temptation for ODYSSEUS, perhaps the most powerful of all, for if he had not been bound to the mast, he would have gone to join the heaps of corpses that surround them. “Come closer, famous Odysseus,” they sing. “We know all the pains that the Greeks and Trojans once endured / on the spreading plain of Troy” - Bernard Knox, Homer's Odyssey, Book 12 (Victor Ambrus/Robert Fagles/user: Aethon)

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John William Waterhouse - "Ulysses and the Sirens", 1891 by artimageslibrary, via Flickr Odysseus And The Sirens, Waterhouse John William, Greek Mythological Creatures, Waterhouse Paintings, Homer Odyssey, John Waterhouse, John William Godward, Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood, Navi A Vela

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John William Waterhouse - "Ulysses and the Sirens", 1891

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Scylla- In some versions, Scylla was described as the daughter of Triton and Lamia. According to other version, Scylla was described as one of the monstrous children of Phorcys and Ceto. In one version, Scylla was described as a beautiful naiad who was claimed by Poseidon, but the jealous Amphitrite turned her into a monster by poisoning the water of the spring where Scylla would bathe. Scylla And Charybdis, Greek Monsters, Creature Fantasy, Greek And Roman Mythology, Greek Mythology Art, Supernatural Power, The Odyssey, Sea Dragon, Greco Roman

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Scylla- In some versions, Scylla was described as the daughter of Triton and Lamia. According to other version, Scylla was described as one of the monstrous children of Phorcys and Ceto. In one version, Scylla was described as a beautiful naiad who was claimed by Poseidon, but the jealous Amphitrite turned her into a monster by poisoning the water of the spring where Scylla would bathe.

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1926 Illustration from The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy

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John Henry Fuseli/ Johann Heinrich Füssli, Odysseus in front of Scylla and Charybdis | Dark Classics Scylla And Charybdis, Henry Fuseli, The Iliad, Hp Lovecraft, Lady Macbeth, Francisco Goya, The Odyssey, William Turner, John Henry

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