The word "siren" means two things in our modern culture: a loud, wailing, warning sound, like you might find on an ambulance or firetruck, or a sexy lady mermaid who lures sailors to a watery grave.

In ancient times, sailors once lashed themselves to their masts to avoid being lured to their deaths by seductive mermaids known as sirens. Today, on the sun-kissed western shores of Italy, mermaids ...

In Greek mythology, the story of Odysseus and the Sirens illustrates a paradigmatic example of self-control. When the hero of Homer's epic prepared to travel past the Sirens, mythical creatures who ...

Contrary to what the Disney movie would have you believe, mermaids are more often associated with bad luck and tragedy than with romance and fabulous red hair. In legends and folklore about the ...