O Brother,Where Art Thou? with Odyssey theme

One of the main themes that I saw in O Brother,Where Art Thou? was the homage to Homer's Odyssey. This was done in multiple ways and they don't exactly follow what happened in Odyssey. The scene that I think that was done flawlessly, even if it doesn't perfectly align, is the Three Sirens. In the original the main character of Odyssey is the only one that hears the Sirens but in Brother,Where Art Thou? all three characters are lured by the singing of Sirens. And the way it plays homage to Odyssey is that the Sirens are near rocks which in Odyssey they lure the men to the rocks causing the sinking of their ships, where in this case it show cases the down fall of the men and losing their friend.

The scene begins with the trio in the car at 42:40 with Delmar picking at the banjo aimlessly. Then off screen singing begins that sound off in the distance. Pete looks off screen left suggesting the sound is coming from there. 42:46 Pete tells Delmar to stop to assumedly hear the sound better. Camera cuts to point of view shot from the car into what seems like a valley. 42:54 Pete reacts to seeing something and yells for the car to be pulled over. (I didn't see anything in the valley but could have missed what he saw). 43:00 cut to full shot with forest in the background suggesting back country area. Pete darts presumably toward sound while Delmar and Everett get out of the car. 43:10 cut to close up of pete running through bushes and stops, supposedly finding the source of the music which is soft and inviting. 43:13 cutaway to very wide shot of a river and the sirens near some rocks in the river with the singing amplified. 43:18 the main characters in wide shot of rocky river and cut back to wide shot of the sirens and finally showing they are the source of the music. 43:31 cut to mid shot pete introducing himself with Everett and Delmar. Multiple cuts to close ups of the Sirens to the trio showing them seduction beginning with singing continued. 44:51 the siren makes Everett drink alcohol showing even more of the downfall of the trio. 45.24 Cut to mid shot with sirens still singing and camera pans left to show the trio with the sirens. 45:30 a noticeable eerie music in the background maybe giving a precursor to the danger of the sirens