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==Encounters with the Sirens== | ==Encounters with the Sirens== | ||
[[Image:Odysseus Sirens BM E440 n2.jpg|thumb|left|Odysseus and the Sirens, eponymous vase of the Siren Painter, ca. 480-470 BC, (British Museum)]] | [[Image:Odysseus Sirens BM E440 n2.jpg|thumb|left|Odysseus and the Sirens, eponymous vase of the Siren Painter, ca. 480-470 BC, (British Museum)]] | ||
[[Image:John William Waterhouse - Ulysses and the Sirens (1891).jpg|thumb|right|''Odysseus and the Sirens''. An 1891 painting by John William Waterhouse.]] | |||
In ''Argonautica'' (4.891-919), Jason had been warned by Chiron that Orpheus would be necessary in his journey. When Orpheus heard their voices, he drew out his lyre and played his music more beautifully than they, drowning out their voices. One of the crew, however, the sharp-eared hero Butes, heard the song and leapt into the sea, but he was caught up and carried safely away by the goddess Aphrodite. | In ''Argonautica'' (4.891-919), Jason had been warned by Chiron that Orpheus would be necessary in his journey. When Orpheus heard their voices, he drew out his lyre and played his music more beautifully than they, drowning out their voices. One of the crew, however, the sharp-eared hero Butes, heard the song and leapt into the sea, but he was caught up and carried safely away by the goddess Aphrodite. | ||