For millennia, the epic poems of Homer have profoundly shaped Western literature and thought with their timeless tales of ...

When he heard the song of the sirens, Odysseus begged to be let go. But his crew, who couldn’t hear, only tied him tighter, and they safely passed the island. 12. Scylla and Charybdis.

On the Greek island of Ithaca, archaeologists recently uncovered new evidence that suggests ancient travelers once made ...

In Greek mythology, the story of Odysseus and the Sirens illustrates a paradigmatic example of self-control. When the hero of Homer's epic prepared to travel past the Sirens, mythical creatures ...

Sirens emerge through a thick layer of fog, floating across the stage in bridal dresses and veils. The sirens bind and blind Odysseus’ crew as they beg for forgiveness. As the sirens drag them off to ...

We Followed Odysseus Hal Roth Seaworthy Publications. Ithaca on the western shore of Greece. The distance there from Troy, Hal Roth tells us, is only 565 nautical miles.