On Sirens, Their Numbers, And Look, It Was Probably Three

A private notation on the count

I can tell you Odysseus lost no men to the sea
on the sirens’ account — or a lack of a count,
which was likely on the order of three,
give or take one siren.That is, unless you are inclined to align with
Andrew Lang’s Homeric essay:

My Accounting of Sirens, as It Pertains to the Odyssey, A Heroically Heroic and Epic Tale Containing A Number of Sirens and really, Does It Make a Whinny of a Difference How Many?

Three sirens is a chorus.

Four or more is commedia dell’arte.