Σειρήν, ῆνος, ἡ,
“Siren”; in plural, Σειρῆνες, αἱ, [[ “Sirens”, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.39, +others, cf. Scholia (at [prev. work]); _Epic dialect_ dual _genitive_ Σειρήνοιιν [prev. work] 52, 167 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πτεροφόροι νεανίδες.. Σειρῆνες [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 169 (Lyric poetry), compare “fragment” 911 (Lyric poetry); Σειρὴν.. τὰ σκέλη δὲ κοψίχου 4th c.BC: Anaxilas Comicus 22.20; compare ἁρπυιόγουνο; σειρῆνα κόμπον.. ὃς Ζεφύρου σιγάζει πνοάς 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Parth.” 2.13, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 69; ἐπὶ τῶν κύκλων [τοῦ ἀτράκτου].. ἐφ᾽ ἑκάστου βεβηκέναι Σειρῆνα.. φωνὴν μίαν ἱεῖσαν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 617b (hence σειρῆνες· τὰ ἄστρα, “Legal icon Rhetoricum” cited in 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1709.54, compare 2nd c.AD: Theon Smyrnaeus Philosophus p.146H.); as a grave-ornament, στᾶλαι καὶ Σειρῆνες ἐμαί “Anthologia Graeca” 7.710 (from Erinna), compare 491 (3rd c.BC: Mnasalcas Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II metaphorically, Siren, deceitful woman, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 936 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: also, the Siren charm of eloquence, persuasion, and the like, [[ 7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 7, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.228, 3rd c.BC: Alexander Aetolus Elegiacus 7 (_plural_)] Refs 7th c.BC+]; ποικίλη σ., of philosophy, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.145 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus; λόγων σ. καὶ χάρις 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 44, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 26, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 2.52d; ὤλετο παρθενίη σ. ἐμή “Supp.epigram” 1.567.7 (from Fayum), compare “IG” 14.1942 (from Rome); σειρῆνα θεάτρων, of Menander, [prev. work]1183; ἔνθεον σειρῆνα χεύῃ [prev. work]42(1).130.17 (Epid.). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]