Harrison, Jane Ellen, 1850-1928 · London, Rivingtons · leaf 290
t AxeXwfy evvrjdetaaydvaTO Tep\pix^pri, Moi/tr^w; fda. Apoll. Rhod. iv, 889-894. … PI. 38. THE MYTH OF THE SIRENS. 155 mate, they were changed into monsters, part bird, partwoman.^ Possibly Apollonius Ehodiuswas perplexed by theconflict between literary and artistic tradition. He mayhave wished to copy Homer, but a thousand representa-tions of bird-woman sirens would force him to…
Homer · Mythology, Greek · Art and mythology · Art, Greek
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