The South Side neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, in April. The nationâs median householdâs income in 2015 was $56,500, up 5.2 percent from the previous year. Credit Ruth Fremson/The New York Times.
The Short Story and Myth of Odysseus and the Sirens. The myth about Odysseus and the Sirens is featured in the book entitled The story of Odysseus and the Sirens is featured in the book entitled Old Greek Folk Stories by Josephine Preston Peabody, published in 1907 by Houghton Mifflin Company, New York.
The goddess Ino rescues him with her veil. Odysseus thinks it may be another trick, but after his raft breaks apart, he takes her veil and swims. Athena calms the storm, and Odysseus swims for two days until he nears shore. But sharp rocks surround it, and he fears dying on them in the rough surf. Athena instructs him to grab hold of an oncoming rock-ledge; he does, tearing the skin on his hands.