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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.
Along with her sisters, Eupheme, Euthenia and Philophrosyne, she was a member of the younger Charites. [2] According to Plutarch, Eucleia was also used as an epithet of Artemis.
Odysseus and Eurycleia by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein. Omens occur frequently throughout the Odyssey. Within the epic poem, they frequently involve birds. [39] According to Thornton, most crucial is who receives each omen and in what way it manifests. For instance, bird omens are shown to Telemachus, Penelope, Odysseus, and the suitors. [39]
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)
The couple broke with tradition by moving to the husband's kingdom. In Ithaca, neither Odysseus's mother Anticleia, nor his nurse Eurycleia, liked Penelope but eventually Eurycleia helped Penelope settle into her new role and became friendly, but often patronising.
Euryclea seems to suggest a name like Polyaretos, "for he has much been prayed for" (πολυάρητος) but Autolycus "apparently in a sardonic mood" decided to give the child another name commemorative of "his own experience in life": [14] "Since I have been angered (ὀδυσσάμενος odyssamenos) with many, both men and women, let ...
A statue of Neptune in the city of Bristol.. Poseidon is the Greek god of the sea and the brother of Zeus, Hades, Hera, Hestia and Demeter.Beckoned by the curse of Polyphemus, his one-eyed giant son, he attempts to make Odysseus' journey home much harder than it actually needs to be.