 | Thomas Bulfinch - 1872 - 510 páginas
...gratefully. Circe aided their departure, and instructed them how to pass safely by the coast of the Sirens. The Sirens were seanymphs who had the power of charming...destruction. Circe directed Ulysses to fill the ears of hia seamen with wax, so that they should not hear the strain ; and to cause himself to be bound to... | |
 | C. Bankes Brookes - 1879 - 264 páginas
...father of Jupiter. S.em'ele. — The mother of Bacchus by Jupiter. S er a'pis. — Hermes. Si'rens. — -Sea-nymphs, who had the power of charming by their song all who heard them. Si'va. — The third person of the Hindu triad. He is the personification of the destroying principle.... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - 1881 - 518 páginas
...gratefully. Circe aided their departure, and instructed them how to pass safely by the coast of the Sirens. The Sirens were Sea-nymphs who had the power of charming by their song all who had heard them, so that the unhappy mariners were irresistibly impelled to cast themselves into the... | |
 | Alfonzo Gardiner - 1881 - 214 páginas
...revolutions be 1,440 per minute, 1. Sometimes spelt siren ; fr. L. sl-ren, O. ffipaf/v (seiren), a Siren. The Sirens were sea-nymphs, who had the power of charming, by their songs, all who heard them. • Born 1777 ; died 1859. a and the number of holes 16, then 1,440 x 16... | |
 | 1882 - 780 páginas
...their spiritual destruction may be illustrated by the classical representation of the Sirens. They were sea-nymphs who had the power of charming, by their song, all who heard them. The listener was seized with an irresistible desire to cast himself into the sea to his destruction,... | |
 | Israel C. McNeill, Samuel Adams Lynch - 1901 - 398 páginas
...were sea nymphs who had the power of charming, by their sweet singing, all who heard them ; so that mariners were irresistibly impelled to cast themselves into the sea to their destruction. Once a famous Greek hero (Ulysses) was warned not to listen to the song of the sirens, but he was then... | |
 | Paul Newham - 1999 - 150 páginas
...cliffs and steered the ships away from collision, the Sirens lured the sailors towards them until they were irresistibly impelled to cast themselves into the sea to their destruction. When Odysseus consulted Circe for sound advice before setting sail on one of his many voyages, she... | |
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... forgotten his native land, and to have reconciled himself to an inglorious life of ease and pleasure. At length his companions recalled him to nobler sentiments, and he received their admonition gratefully. Circe aided their departure, and instructed... 