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Sep 2024
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Les sirènes d'Homère ne vivent pas dans ...

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Walt Disney oblige, nombreuses sont les personnes à imaginer les sirènes comme des femmes à la queue de poisson. Pourtant, chez les Grecs, c'était bien des ailes qu'arboraient ces créatures fantastiques !

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