I felt like this was a very emotional book, but very little actually happened in it. Eurycleia tells Penelope that Odysseus has returned and even after sseing Odysseus, Penelope thinks that he can not really be Odysseus. Odysseus bathes and Athena makes him more attractive and magnificent. Penelope then tests him by telling Eurycleia to move the bed, to which Odysseus gets angry asking if the bed was cut down since it was made from a living tree. Penelope realizes it really is him since only the two of them and one maid have ssen the bed. Athena holds back the night as the couple talk about their past and Odysseus' last quest. Telemchus and Odysseus leave to raid and see his father.
I found it interesting how Odysseus tells the bard and the servants to dance and play music, so it seems like Penelope got married. After violently murdering one hundred some people, it would have been the last thing on my mind especially with truly seeing his wife for the first time in twenty years.
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