Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
In Book Twelve of the Odyssey, Odysseus has to sail past the Sirens. Their voices are so beautiful that they cancel the will. Sailors who come close run aground and die.
This is not just a sea adventure. It is a duel between the thirst for knowledge and the danger of giving in. Thanks to his Metis, his cunning intelligence, Odysseus becomes the only mortal to taste that forbidden pleasure and keep his life.
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- 2Bird-women, not mermaids with tails
- 3The wax, the mast, and the plan
- 4Tying yourself down before the temptation
- 5From knowledge to sin
Open-book quiz9 questions whose answers are in the text.
Glossary5 terms explained in a tap.
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