The songs of the sirens and Ulysses. Greek mythology for children

Can you imagine being able to tell the stories of Greek mythology adapted to children? From Guiainfantil we offer you a series of short stories based on mythological legends. Thanks to them, children can learn history in a fun and entertaining way. The story of Ulysses and the sirens told for childr

Can you imagine being able to tell the stories of Greek mythology adapted to children? From Guiainfantil we offer you a series of short stories based on mythological legends. Thanks to them, children can learn history in a fun and entertaining way.

The story of Ulysses and the sirens told for children

There was once a Greek hero named Ulysses who was sailing towards his house on the island of Ithaca. Ulysses was eager to arrive after spending 10 years in the Trojan War and was eager to embrace his wife Penelope. But the trip back by boat was very long and also full of dangers. One of those dangers was the sirens that was found in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea.

Ulysses, although he was a brave heroand daring, he was afraid of the sirens because they had told him a story about these marine beings that worried him. They said that these beings, half fish and half woman, sang "magical songs" with which they bewitched the sailors to approach the rocks where they lived. The sailors stayed by the sirens and never returned home. Ulises did not want to stay with the sirens, wanted to return to his house in Ithaca as soon as possible pero, but since he was very curious and always wanted to know more, he did not want to miss that magic song of the sirens. -What can I do? -thought

Ulysses . And then he came up with a great trickto be able to listen to the siren songs without danger of staying with them. "Attach me to the mast of the ship with strong ropes and make it impossible to untie," he asked the sailors who accompanied him on his boat. All the crew obeyed the orders of their captain and tied

Ulysses with all his strength. Then they themselves put earplugs in their ears to avoid hearing the sirens' songs. There was a rush because they were already approaching the rocks full of sirens singing with their melodious voices.Only Ulises could hear the magic songs of the sirens because he was

tied to the neck very strong. As soon as the sirens saw Ulysses' ship, they began to sing and call Ulysses by name. -

Ulysses , come with us, "the sirens said. And they did it with a voice that was impossible to resist. Ulysses struggled to untie himself, but his sailors had tied him so well that he could not move. That saved him, because if not, he would have thrown himself into the sea without hesitation, attracted by the mysterious song of the sirens . This is how the ship continued its course and moved away from the rocks where the sirens lived. And that's how Ulysses managed to return to his home and become the only man who could tell

this adventureof the song of the sirens. Because with ingenuity any problem can be solved.Laura Vélez. Editor of Guiainfantil.com