σειρήν

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ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ ἄλφα καὶ τὸ ὦ, ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ὁ ἔσχατος, ἡ ἀρχὴ καὶ τὸ τέλος → I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end

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English (Slater)

σειρήν (cf. Κηληδών.) subs., adj.,
   1 siren fig. of eloquence. σειρῆνα δὲ κόμπον αὐλίσκων ὑπὸ λωτίνων μιμήσομ' ἀοιδαῖς κεῖνον, ὃς Ζεφύρου τε σιγάζει πνοὰς αἰψηράς Παρθ. 2. 13. οὐδὲ πελέκεις οὐδὲ σειρήν (cf. Σ, ταῦτα πρὸς τὸν Σιμωνίδην ἐπεὶ ἐκεῖνος ἐν ἑνὶ ᾄσματι ἐπόησεν Σειρῆνα τὸν Πεισίστρατον: “illum neque secures Pisistrati tyranni neque eloquentia movit,” interpr. Turyn) ?fr. 339.