Note 276 — V
Reading edition
[‘Siren’ is now generally understood to have meant originally a songstress, from the root svar, to sing or sound, seen in syrinx, a flute, su(r)-sur-us, etc. See J. E. Harrison, Myths of the Odyssey, p. 175.]
Reading edition
[‘Siren’ is now generally understood to have meant originally a songstress, from the root svar, to sing or sound, seen in syrinx, a flute, su(r)-sur-us, etc. See J. E. Harrison, Myths of the Odyssey, p. 175.]