The Sirens

Dearest Penelope,
I have just seen mother at the Land of The Dead. She told me that men have been trying to take oover my kingdom to take over you. It was very touching to see her and when she was telling me this i was so scared i was going to lose you. But i cant worry about that right now.
Tiresias warned me about these Sirens that we just passed. They are women with beautiful vices to lure men into them. "Therefore you are to tie me up, tight as a splint, erect along the mast, lashed to the mast, and if i shout and beg to be untied, take more turns of the rope to muffle me" (Homer 1005). Tiresias told me that it would be good for me to hear there voices so i told my men to do thid for me. I put thick amounts of bees wax in there ears so that they couldnt hear there voices. As we started to near the island two of the Sirens started to sing. There voices were beautiful, i wanted to be untied but my men pulled tighter. Finally the Sirens dropped under the sea rim, and there singing dwindled away. So my men untied me and they took the bees wax out of there ears.


-Odysseus