The Sirens and Ulysses The Sirens and Ulysses The Sirens and Ulysses is a large oil painting on canvas by the English artist William Etty, first exhibited in 1837. It depicts the scene from Homer's "Odyssey" in which Ulysses (Odysseus) resists the bewitching song of the Sirens by having his ship's crew tie him up, while they are ordered to block their own ears to prevent themselves from hearing the song. While traditionally the Sirens had been depicted as human–animal chimeras, Etty portrayed them as naked young women, on an island strewn with decaying corpses. The painting divided opinion at the time of its
Poems for the Hazara winners as well as presidents of PEN clubs, and writers associations from 97 countries is included at the end. This letter is addressed to world leaders in support of the Hazara people. The executive editor is Hazara poet, journalist and human rights activist, Kamran Mir Hazar. Photograph of Buddha in Bamiyan, courtesy of Najibullah Mosafer. Flag of Hazaristan, yellow, white and blue, designed by Kamran Mir Hazar. Poems for the Hazara was recently discussed on episode 035 of the podcast The Wikicast. Poems for the Hazara Poems for the Hazara ()() is a multilingual poetry anthology and a collaborative poem