Book 19 The scar
Penelope talks with the stranger, and the nurse knows him by the scar as she washes his feet.
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Who recognizes him while washing his feet?
Answer Eurycleia
The nurse Eurycleia feels the scar and knows him.
SourceBook 19, lines 390-394Easy
Where did that scar come from?
Answer A boar hunt on Parnassus
A boar gashed him during a hunt on Parnassus.
SourceBook 19, lines 390-394Medium
How did Penelope put the suitors off?
Answer Unravelling her weaving each night
She wove a shroud for Laertes and undid it by night.
SourceBook 19, lines 140-144Easy
In Penelope's dream, what does the eagle kill?
Answer Geese
It kills her twenty tame geese.
SourceBook 19, lines 535-539Medium
What contest does Penelope set?
Answer String the bow and shoot through axes
The man must string the bow and send a shaft through the axes.
SourceBook 19, lines 570-574Medium
The text behind the questions
Questions cover facts stated in Homer's Odyssey, worded by us. No translation is reproduced here. Book and line refer to the Greek line numbering, located in a public-domain English translation.