Picture No | 10082149 |
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Description | THE SIRENS (BRIOT) |
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To help them seek their friend Persephone, the daughters of Achelous ask the gods for wings and tails ; they become sirens, enticing sailors to death with their singing
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Source | engraving by I Briot in Renouard's translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, circa 1610, page 147 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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