2-696-926 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Ulysses and the Sirens', 1909, (c1950). Illustration to a scene from Homer's Odyssey: Ulysses (or Odysseus), legendary Greek king of Ithaca, is tormented by the voices of the Sirens, who sang to sailors to lure them onto dangerous rocks. Painting in the Ferens Art Gallery in Kingston upon Hull. From The Outline of Literature, edited by John Drinkwater. [George Newnes Limited, London, c1950]