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According to the Ancient Greek poet Homer, King
Odysseus of Ithaki closed his sailors' ears because he was afraid that the sounds of the
singing mermaids would seduce them and they would never arrive to his Kingdom. He even
ordered his men to bind him on his ship's mast to protect himself from the dangerous charm
of these extra-ordinary girls that used to live by the coast and were a temptation for any
passing by ship's crew! Hundreds of years later, when King Alexander the Great of
Macedonian died, his sister became a mermaid (according to the Greek legends) who used to
stop the ships and ask the sailors if the King was still alive! If the sailors would say
"yes" her happy songs were heard all over the sea and she was protecting the
ship from all evil spirits, but if they would say "no" she would become the
saddest creature in the world and the ship was convicted to sink. No matter what the case
is, in all legends people admire mermaids for their unmatched beauty and are scared of
their super natural powers. Still, in all legends it is obvious that all mermaids are
asking for is compassion, and love. Only when people were getting mean to them they would
get nasty!
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