Whoso in ignorance draws near them and hears the Sirens' voice, he nevermore returns, that his wife and little children may stand at his side rejoicing, but the Sirens beguile him with their clear-toned song, as they sit in a meadow, and about them is a great heap of bones of mouldering men, and round the bones the skin is shrivelling.
ὅς τις ἀιδρείῃ πελάσῃ καὶ φθόγγον ἀκούσῃ Σειρήνων , τῷ δ' οὔ τι γυνὴ καὶ νήπια τέκνα οἴκαδε νοστήσαντι παρίσταται οὐ δὲ γάνυνται , ἀλλά τε Σειρῆνες λιγυρῇ θέλγουσιν ἀοιδῇ ἥμεναι ἐν λειμῶνι , πολὺς δ' ἀμφ' ὀστεόφιν θὶς ἀνδρῶν πυθομένων , περὶ δὲ ῥινοὶ μινύθουσι . [0]
ὅς τις ἀιδρείη πελάζω καί φθόγγος ἀκούω Σειρήν , ὁ δέ οὐ τις γυνή καί νήπιος τέκνον οἴκαδε νοστέω παρίστημι οὐ δέ γάνυμαι , ἀλλά τε Σειρήν λιγυρός θέλγω ἀοιδή ἧμαι ἐν λειμών , πολύς δέ ἀμφί ὀστέον θίς ἀνήρ πύθω , περί δέ ῥινός μινύθω .