Ulysses and the Sirens Jon Elster used the name of Draper's painting as the title for his 1979 book about rationality and precommitment. Ulysses and the Sirens 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
Get Him to the Greek overseas bringing its worldwide total to $91.3 million, against a production budget of $40 million. In its opening weekend, the film debuted second at the box office behind "Shrek Forever After" with a gross of $17.6 million. The film fell to fourth the following week with a weekend gross of $10.1 million. In the UK, "Get Him to the Greek" opened at No. 1 grossing £1.6 million in its first week before dropping to No. 2 the following week with takings of £1 million. On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes "Get Him to the Greek" has an approval rating of