Sirens' Island


 * This article is about the island. You may be looking for the three sea nymphs, the Sirens.

The Siren's Island is an island near Sea of Monsters where the Sirens dwell. There is a large cove which is filled with broken wood, shredded ships (from past sailors, lured to their doom), spikes and mines. The beach has black volcanic rock and sand. In stories, the Sirens sing so sweetly that they enchant sailors and lure them to their deaths. The island changes appearance, though, depending on what your heart desires. In olden times, it was known as 'Sirenum Scopuli' (which means 'rock of the sirens' in Latin).

The Sea of Monsters
After Percy and Annabeth escape Circe's island, they pass the Siren's Island. Annabeth desires to hear the Siren's song, because she believes it can tell one things they would never knew about themselves, and make them wiser. Annabeth knows that she would want to jump overboard and join the sirens, so she has Percy tie her to the foremast and tells him, "Don't untie me, no matter what happens or how much I plead. I'll want to go straight over the edge and drown myself." However, before Percy ties her up, he forgets to disarm her of her celestial bronze knife, allowing her to cut the ropes off around her. After she escapes the ropes which tied her to the mast of the ship, Percy jumps to the ocean to catch her before she gets to the Sirens.

Percy finally catches up with Annabeth, and when he grabs her ankle, he sees everything Annabeth visualizes. He sees Annabeth's mother, Athena, and her father at a picnic in Central Park with Annabeth and Luke. Behind the park, designed by Annabeth and built from dazzling white marble, rose a city skyline. Percy then proceeds to pull Annabeth underwater, so that the sound wouldn't reach her ears, and he summons up all the air bubbles to form a giant bubble so that Annabeth could breathe. When the spell of the Siren's song breaks, Annabeth starts crying.

Trivia

 * The original island was thought to be Capri off the coast of Italy.Sirens Island.png It is possible that they moved location, like Mount Olympus does.