The epic story detailing how thousands of years ago Starswirl the Bearded defeated the Sirens and banished them from Equestria, how they were exiled to the Mediterranean island of Capri, and what happened next.
“You will come to the Sirens first of all; they bewitch any mortal who approaches them. If a man in ignorance draws too close and catches their music, his wife and children will never welcome him home again; the high clear tones of the Sirens will bewitch him … you must stop the ears of all your crew with sweet wax that you have kneaded, so that none of the rest may hear the song.”
Homer
Chapters (2)
It's spelled Olympus.
Good story. Love the punchline.
I remember this one fondly. Still quite entertaining. Thanks for bringing it to Fimfiction.
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Thanks. Fixed.
“Couldn’t we just leave them with a big pile of food?” said Puddinghead. “That’s what I do with my pet frog when I have to go away on state visits.”
Clover shook her head. “According to my books, these creatures can live for many thousands of years.”
I really expected Puddinghead to respond, "Couldn't we leave them with a really, really, really big pile of food?"
7827393 Technically, it's Όλυμπος. Just don't get me started on their number system from that era.
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I imagine the chancellor has enough political foresight to realise that that would lead to the question of where such a pile of food would come from, and potential demands on her treasury.
Good story!
From their appearance in mythology, I'm guessing Star Swirl was wrong, and their magic didn't decay quite so quickly?
So, when are they going to realize that they need to wear clothes?
This was fun.
I can't think of anything else to say, and that makes me very angry at myself.
thanks to that author note, i want a story about Starswirl, the bearded Vector, and his assistant Clover, the Tensor.
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"Tension, apprehension, and dissension have begun."
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is that physics jargon? i hope it is since the comment you responded to was one big math pun. (vectors, tensor fields)
Interesting:
You got rid of sirens being pony -eating monsters, but describe them being turned into mammals and described the death of the sailors. Oh well, it is all greek to me.
I get the joke, but isn't Capri an Italian island? Or was it a Greek island in ancient times?
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Eeyup. From wikipedia:
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Does the island have a significant Hellenophone population today (or at least 1,000 years ago) (which could explain many things about the story)?
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I don't think so. These days it has a reputation as a playground of the rich, where the Neapolitan crime bosses rub shoulders with the Italian glitterati... Now I think about it, maybe there is another story about Adagio, Aria and Sonata there?