Language & Mythology: The Siren Song

The phrase siren song refers to the enticing appeal of something alluring but potentially dangerous.
He succumbed to the siren call of the wilderness.
The expression has its origin in mythology. In Greek mythology the sirens were sea-monsters with the heads and breasts of women and the bodies of birds, with or without wings. Their sweet songs and lovely faces seduced passing sailors, whom they lured into the sea where they devoured them. They were evil and much to be feared.
In Book XII of Homer's Odyssey the sorcerer Cirse warns Odysseus of the perils he would face on his voyage home. He tells him that if anyone comes too close and hears the singing of the sirens, his wife and his children will never welcome him home again, for they sit in a green field and warble him to death with the sweetness of their song.