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
Fables for Our Time and Famous Poems Illustrated "Fables for Our Time and Famous Poems Illustrated" contains 28 fables written and illustrated by Thurber. "Fables for Our Time and Famous Poems Illustrated" contains nine poems written by diverse authors and illustrated by Thurber (the dates given are those of The New Yorker issue): Fables for Our Time and Famous Poems Illustrated Fables for Our Time and Famous Poems Illustrated is a 1940 book by James Thurber. Thurber updates some old fables and creates some new ones of his own. Notably there is 'The Bear Who Could Take It Or Leave It Alone' about a bear who lapses into