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15. On the way to Ithaca, Odysseus encounters the island of the Sirens. Explain what

they are/do.

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Odysseus instructs his sailors to plug their ears with beeswax, given to him by Circe, to prevent their hearing the Siren song. Odysseus himself straps his body to the mast of the ship in an effort to be able to listen to the song of the Sirens without steering the ship toward danger.
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