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The same legend tells of the mythical sirens that lived in these seas. The passing sailors, bewitched by the seductive singing, lost control of their vessels which then smashed against the rocks, but Ulysses managed to overcome their magic by having himself tied to the ship’s mast after having plugged his sailors ears with wax so they couldn’t hear the singing. The three sirens, Partenope, Ligea and Leucosia threw themselves into the sea in desperation and were turned into rocks. And so the sirens islets – the galli islets were born. The cult of the sirens was certainly observed by ancient populations and in the sorrentine peninsula a temple was supposedly built in memory of them. Diffusion of this cult in the area has beeen confirmed by the discovery of vases depicting the sirens in the Deserto necropolis. The building of the temple has never been proven; scholars and historians have searched for it in vain, their only reference to it being scarce indications by the ancient writers Strazio and Strabone. However, one hypothesis which is quite credible connects it to “deserto” where the monastery was possibly built on its ruins. |
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