Titolo The Sirens at mid-day Periodico Prometheus Anno: 2005 - Volume: 31 - Fascicolo: 3 - Pagina iniziale: 225 - Pagina finale: 228
When Odysseus comes near the island of the Sirens, the wind falls and is succeeded by a calm (Od. 12.167-169): this implies that the time is midday, since the Sirens were associated with this particular hour, as paralleled by other traditional tales.