Three times a day she swallows the water and three times a day she spits it back up. Next she points out trouble on the island of The Sun. These animals never die or reproduce. After Circe leaving Odysseus tells the crew what Circe said to him. He said that if they make one mistake they will end up like what happened with the Lastragonians.
Sirens appear as a symbol of life's temptations.
Their voice would tempt sailors to jump overboard. To hear this song would make a man go into a trance. After Odysseus hears them, the song makes him lose all thought of going home, much as the Lotus Eaters did not want to return to their ship. He thinks of ways to defeat Scylla and Charybdis.