by the scar on his body.
Euryclea recognizes Odysseus when she is washing his feet. The nurse recognizes Odysseus by a unique old hunting scar that he got from a boar hunt when he was a child.
When Odysseus first returned home to Ithaca, the only person who recognized him was his old nurse, Eurycleia. She was able to recognize Odysseus by a scar he had received as a child from a boar's tusk. She saw the scar when she was washing Odysseus's feet and nearly told Penelope that Odysseus was there, but he stopped her. In addition, his dog also recognized his master Odysseus and then died.
When Odysseus first returned home to Ithaca, the only person who recognized him was his old nurse, Eurycleia. She was able to recognize Odysseus by a scar he had received as a child from a boar's tusk. She saw the scar when she was washing Odysseus's feet and nearly told Penelope that Odysseus was there, but he stopped her. In addition, his dog also recognized his master Odysseus and then died.
Odysseus's faithful dog, Argos, was the first to recognize him through his rags. Later on, the old nurse Eurycleia recognizes Odysseus while washing his feet, due to a scar he received as a child while on a boar hunt.
Eurycleia was the name of Odysseus's faithful old nurse.
Odysseus' nurse recognizes Odysseus as she is bathing his feet, due to a old scar he received as a child on a boar hunt.
Odysseus' nurse recognizes Odysseus as she is bathing his feet, due to a old scar he received as a child on a boar hunt.
Eurycleia (also spelled Eurýkleia or Euryclea). In other traditions she is also called Antiphata.
The suitors were challenged to string Odysseus' bow and then shoot an arrow through 12 axes. None of the suitors are able to accomplish this; the bow of Odysseus had never been strung by anyone besides him. An old man was able to accomplish it; however it was later revealed that the old man was Odysseus in disguise.
She put him undercover as an old man
When Odysseus arrived home goddess Athene disguised him as an old man so that nobody could recognize him.
The use of housekeeper varies:Mentor was in charge of taking care of Odysseus' house and educating Telemachus.Odysseus' old nurse was named Anticlea.If meant ironically, his housekeeper could include his son Telemachus, as well as the hundreds of other suitors vying for Penelope's hand.