Sirens the enchanting bird-women

Sirens were dangerous bird-women who lived on an island called Sirenum scopuli, where there were lots of cliff and rocks near by. According to Greek myths, Sirnes enchanted sailors who were passing by with terribly attractive music and vocies. Sailors then became incoherent and tried to jump into water. With crazy sailors on deck, ships were often damaged by sharpy rocks.

There are two different stories about how they were defeated. One tale says that Odyssey tied himself on a mast and put on earplugs on his sailors. He and his sailors successfully went through the island and Sirens, who were insulted by Odyssey's resistance, killed themselves. The other one says that when Sirens tried to attract Orpheus who was a very talented musician, instead of being fascinated, Orpheus replied with better and more capturing music. Sirens felt insulted and threw themselves to a rock. Both of the two tales are somewhat similar to the tale of Sphinx; a monster either kills or dies.