Hello. I've been absent for some time. Sorry about that. I've had some major distractions this past week. But that's all over now. Back to the story.
Now Odysseus and Telemachos store away the weapons so that the suitors can't use them when the time comes to fight. Now after they're done the suitors all go home and Odysseus goes to talk with Penelope.
She asks the normal questions. Then she asks the stranger to describe her husband because he claims to have seen him. It's safe to say the Odysseus does a pretty good job of describing himself. So well, in fact, that Penelope starts crying from the memory.
After much talking Penelope offers the stranger a bed, but he refuses. She gets him to agree to have his feet washed. The servant who washes his feet is Odysseus' old nanny. As she starts washing, she notices an old scar that Odysseus got during a boar hunt. Joy lights up her face as she see her lost master come home. He quickly quiets her and tells her to keep it secret.
Then Penelope asks the stranger to help her interpret a dream. There are twenty geese eating wheat. Then a eagle swoops down and kills them all. The eagle then takes perch a tells Penelope that it's Odysseus. This is what he'll do to the suitors once he returns.
Not too many ways to interpret that one. I think she was mainly confused as to whether or not this dream was true. Some come true while others don't. In her grief she still refuses to believe that Odysseus will come back.
She then decides to hold a contest the next day. Whoever wins shall receive her hand in marriage. Now they all sleep.
I really like this chapter as well. It feels good to get back to it. Let's hope that there aren't anymore big setbacks in the future. Bye.
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