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BTW 63: Sirens, Medusa, and the Beings of the Underworld with Liz Andres

Between the Worlds Podcast

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What Are the Sirens and the Gorgons?

The sirens and the gorgons are guardians and protectors in Greek mythology. They serve this multiple role as a scare, something that is a guide, and alsoSomething that is a protector. And then with the sirens, like, they're on funeral monuments, and they're on their the visual culture of the greek world. But i'm wondering if you could speak to, like, what is a siren? What is that story? How does it evolve? And then how do we end up having them on funeral monuments of the gGreek world? Yes, and tis is one of the wel the reasons i love art so much. I mean, hope fly everyone

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