Based on the stories you just read, what is a siren: Female creatures whose singing distracted sailors and cause them to sail into rocks or dangerous water.. Which characters appear in both stories: Ulysses and his sailors. What is the problem in the first episode: The sailors let the winds out of the bag and the ship blows away from Ithaca.. What is the problem in the second episode: The ship must pass dangerous sirens.. The two settings of "The Home of the Winds" are: floating island, ship. In the story "Ulysses and the Sirens", what is the result of the crew's actions: They get to safety past the Island of the Sirens.. In the story "King of the Winds", does the King of the Wind like Ulysses? How do you know: Yes, the King likes Ulysses because he welcomes him to his island.