ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author aims to argue that the episode of the Sirens, ex negativo, gives some good hints about these conditions. To do so, it is first important to think about the context of this narration. He approach first Homer’s Odyssey, then Dante’s Divine Comedy with this question, and then conclude with some remarks about memory and the writing of the self. The chapter also aims to argue that the Phaeacians and what Ulysses tells them can at the same time be marked as pure fiction or fairy-tale, and have a serious weight for the collective and cultural memory. In Dante’s poetological context, the act of unwrapping clothing is even less innocent than it would be today. In Dante’s poetological context, the act of unwrapping clothing is even less innocent than it would be today. Dante wants to do better in his text, though using the same principle of movere.
