The Rock of the Sirens

Part of the charm of the island of Capri is linked to the myth of the fantastic creatures of the sirens, mythological characters known for their unsurpassed beauty and sweet melody of singing. Present among the pages of the poet Ovid, in the form of sinuous creatures that hovered in the air, it is said, that destroyed by pain for a musical defeat with the Muses, torn their wings, dropped into the sea, Turning into beautiful sirens floating along the shores of Capri.

In those rocks that still today take the name of Rock of the Sirens, in one of the most fascinating Capri Rade, that of Marina Piccola.

Precisely among these waves are present between the lines of Homer’s Odyssey, when at the passage of the mythical hero Ulysses, completely unconcerned about the magic of their song and tied to the tree of his own boat, Pain, for the umesimo failure, will take them to the shelter in death , drowning in the sea and turning into rocks.