two sirens were there in the odyssey.
two sirens were there in the odyssey.
how many sirens were there in the odyssey?
two
ulysses and the sirens is a 1909 oil painting by herbert james draper measuring 69.25 x 84 in. it is held at the ferens art gallery in kingston upon hull, england. the gallery purchased the painting from draper in 1910 for £600. draper also painted a reduced replica that is housed at the leeds art gallery. the subject of the painting is an episode in the epic poem "odyssey" by homer in which ulysses is tormented by the voices of sirens, although there are only two sirens in homer's poem and they stay in a meadow. the painting depicts ulysses tied to the mast and forcibly attendant to the sirens' seductions. although the sirens were depicted in ancient greek art as scary, ugly creatures, draper maintains the spirit but not the content of the story by transferring the sirens' seductiveness from their song to a visible form, depicting the sirens as beautiful mermaids who invade ulysses' ship. the sirens are nude and their tails disappear as they board the ship. draper's conflation of sirens with mermaids and his sexualization of these figures are consistent with other artwork of the victorian and edwardian eras. norwegian social theorist jon elster used the name of draper's painting as the title for his 1979 book about rationality and precommitment.
ulysses and the sirens
in germany, the ""warnämter"" (warning authorities) were closed in the 1990s after the cold war threat no longer existed, and the ability to alert the public was considered unnecessary. as the civil defense sirens were also frequently used to alert volunteer firefighters, many sirens were sold to municipalities for a symbolic price; others were dismantled. in the 2000s, it was realized that the ability to warn the public is not only necessary in cases of war, but also in events like natural disasters, chemical or nuclear accidents, or terrorist attacks. as a result, some cities like düsseldorf and dresden began to rebuild their warning sirens. in hamburg, the sirens are still operational. they warn the public during storm surges. the majority of operational sirens in germany are either electric-mechanical type e57 or electronic sirens.
civil defense siren