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This magnificent ceramic piece in shape of a siren was found in the island of Kythera in Greece, and was made probably in the nearby island of Crete around 600 BC. It can be found in the British Museum, in London, UK.
It has the shape of a Siren, a mythical creature, half woman - half bird.
According the Greek mythology, the Isle of Sirens was located of the coast of Sicily, where seafarers where lured to their death while listening to the sirens’ song. During the Odyssey, Odysseus’s ship was passing close to the island and in his desire to hear theirs songs he thought of the following trick. He poured soft wax and plugged his crew’s ears. He then had them tie him to the mast of his ship, as he curious to hear the sirens’ song. They passed the island and the sirens sang. Odysseus was so overcome with longing to hear more and move closer to the island, that he pleaded with his men to sail for the shore. But they couldn’t hear their captain and continued sailing- out of the range of the sirens’ spell.
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