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
Siege of Theodosia (c. 360 BC) to repel them through the use of Scythians to maintain his Greek troops disciplined and stable. Siege of Theodosia (c. 360 BC) The Siege of Theodosia in was the third and final siege by the Bosporan Kingdom under Leukon I against the city of Theodosia, a probable colony of Heraclea Pontica, who had aided the city in two previous sieges. In the first siege, Satyros I, the father of Leukon, besieged the city but lost his life there at the age of 81. After having been tricked by Tynnichus, Leukon retreated back to Panticapaeum. After his defeat, Leukon had to