The Sirens were never “sexy.” That was a re-brand—a smear campaign against women whose voices held power. Long before Disney’s mermaids, they were winged, wise, and catastrophic: guardians of knowledge, not temptresses of flesh.
In this first voyage of the all new Domina Tempora Podcast, we uncover how language, religion, and fear transformed the Siren from philosopher-musician to femme fatale—and what that says about how history punishes female intellect.
🎧 In this episode:
• The Odyssey’s original Sirens—what Homer really wrote
• Ovid, Hyginus & Pliny on the bird-women of wisdom
• How a translation changed everything
• How medieval monks weaponised beauty
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🕯 Because the original Siren didn’t seduce with her body — she seduced with her mind.
Her song wasn’t temptation; it was truth.
And the truth, as always, is the most dangerous sound of all.