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.
Summary: Book 1. (See Important Quotations Explained). The narrator of the Odyssey invokes the Muse, asking for inspiration as he prepares to tell the story of Odysseus. The story begins ten years after the end of the Trojan War, the subject of the Iliad. All of the Greek heroes except Odysseus have returned home.