# Sirens — The Odyssey character guide

> Sirens in The Odyssey by Homer.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Sirens, XII The Sirens

**First appearance:** 0012-book-xi-visit-of-ulysses-to-the-land-of-the-dead

## Who they are

Enchanting creatures whose song lures sailors to their deaths, resisted by Ulysses.

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