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Eurycleia was the only person to recognize Odysseus without him first revealing himself (as he did to Telemachus) after he returned home from the Trojan War. After he entered his own house as a guest of Penelope disguised as a beggar, Eurycleia bathed him and recognized him by a scar just above his knee, which he got from a boar while boar ...
In Greek mythology, Eurycleia (Ancient Greek: Εὐρύκλεια Eurýkleia) or Euryclia may refer to the following women: Eurycleia, nurse of Odysseus. [1] Eurycleia, a Boeotian princess as the daughter of King Athamas and Themisto, [2] and thus, sister to Leucon, Erythrius, Schoeneus, and Ptous.
The stories told in the Odyssey by Nestor and Menelaus to Telemachus, and Odysseus to a Scherian court make Odysseus into a hero as he fights monsters and seduces goddesses. According to Penelope in The Penelopiad, Odysseus was a liar who drunkenly fought a one-eyed bartender then boasted it was a giant cannibalistic cyclops.
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The second time, he appears to Odysseus to warn him about Circe and provides the necessary information that Odysseus needed to put Circe into submission. The third time he is sent to escort the spirits of the suitors from the halls of Odysseus's home to the underworld. Hermes is the great-grandfather of Odysseus. [1]
Odysseus's identity is discovered by the housekeeper, Eurycleia, as she is washing his feet and discovers an old scar Odysseus received during a boar hunt. Odysseus swears her to secrecy, threatening to kill her if she tells anyone. When the contest of the bow begins, none of the suitors are able to string the bow.
Although he does not recognize his old master – Odysseus is in disguise – and has his misgivings, Eumaeus treats Odysseus well, offering food and shelter to one whom he thinks is simply a pauper. On being pushed to explain himself, Odysseus spins a distorted tale, misleading Eumaeus into believing that he is the son not of Laertes but of ...
Eurycleia is the daughter of Ops and granddaughter of Peisenor, as well as the wet-nurse of Odysseus. Eurycleia may also refer to: Eurycleia (mythology), figures in Greek mythology; 195 Eurykleia, a main belt asteroid; H. a. eurycleia, a subspecies of butterfly species Heliconius aoede; Eurycleia, a crater on Tethys (moon of Saturn)