{"id":6504,"date":"2016-04-18T06:36:53","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T06:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2016\/04\/18\/what-song-did-the-sirens-sing-and-in-what-key\/"},"modified":"2016-04-18T06:36:53","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T06:36:53","slug":"what-song-did-the-sirens-sing-and-in-what-key","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2016\/04\/18\/what-song-did-the-sirens-sing-and-in-what-key\/","title":{"rendered":"What Song Did the Sirens Sing and in What Key?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-body\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/maverickphilosopher.typepad.com\/.a\/6a010535ce1cf6970c0147e2393305970b-pi\" style=\"float: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ulysses and sirens\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a010535ce1cf6970c0147e2393305970b\" src=\"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.typepad.com\/.a\/6a010535ce1cf6970c0147e2393305970b-800wi\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Ulysses and sirens\" \/><\/a> <span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">Ulysses had himself bound to the mast and the ears of his sailors plugged with wax lest the&#0160;ravishing strains of the sea nymphs&#39; song reach their ears and cause them to cast themselves into the sea and into their doom.&#0160; But what song did the Sirens sing, and in what key?&#0160; And what about the nymphs themselves? Were their tresses of golden hue? 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