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The Odyssey: Book 23
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The Odyssey
He looks down at the ground to see his wife's reaction.
Odysseus says his wife may test him in any way she likes.
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Penelope tests Odysseus to see if it really is him.
Penelope tests the stranger to see he knew that the bed could not be moved.
Reunited at last, Odysseus and Penelope share their adventures from the time that they were apart. Odysseus also tells how his journey is not quite over.
Odysseus gets angry because he knows that it is impossible to move the bed.
At dawn, Odysseus awakens his son, takes some weapons, cows, and swine, and soon they left the city.
Question #5:
(Why does Odysseus get angry when he hears that their bed might be moved from the bedroom?)
At this Odysseus gets mad because
he knows
that it is impossible to move their bed.
Odysseus had carved the bed out of a tree stump which would have taken the strength of a God to move.
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While Penelope's sitting at the fire, the man who claims to be her husband comes and sits down across from her.
Penelope throws her arms around Odysseus because now she knows it truly is him. Only themselves and a few others would know the truth about the bed.
Question #1:
(What does Odysseus do before he confronts his wife?)
Telemachus comes up beside his mother angered that Penelope can't see that it really is Odysseus.
Penelope explains that she wants to make sure that it is him.
Question #3:
He looks down at the ground to see his wife's reaction.
Euryclea (Odysseus' and Telemachus' nurse) runs upstairs to tell Penelope how Odysseus has finally returned home.
(Why does Penelope test Odysseus?)
Penelope tests Odysseus to see if it really is him.
Once Telemachus leaves, Odysseus tells his wife that he wants to sleep alone; he believes she has a heart as hard as iron because she did not welcome him home like any other wife would have.
Penelope tells him that his wish shall be granted, and she suggests his bed be moved.
Question #2:
(What does Odysseus say in reproach to his wife the minute he sits down facing her?
Odysseus tells his wife that she may test him in any way she likes.
Penelope assumes that Euryclea is only mocking and lying to her
Eventually, Euryclea is able to convince Penelope to see the man who claims to be her husband.
Penelope is unsure whether to believe this is her husband or not because he is dressed in shabby clothes.
The nurse says that Odysseus came home and killed the suitors who were causing trouble in their house; she says he is now waiting for Penelope to join him by a great fire
Book 23