it was built around a tree.
Odysseus built his and his wife's bed and did so around an olive tree to symbolize the strength of their marriage.
Odysseus built his bed and his entire house around the trunk of an ancient tree. It was penelopies test of Odysseus' true idenity when she asked her servents to bring the bed to them
With an olive tree
saying that his bed is in the hall.
it was built around a tree.
Penelope tells Eurycleia to move the bed, Odysseus responds by saying that is impossible because he has made the bed around the Olive tree.
Penelope tests Odysseus by asking him about their bed, which only the true Odysseus would know was built inside a living olive tree. This test confirms his identity to Penelope and proves that he is her husband returned after a long absence.
Because she tests him with moving the huge bed in their chamber, which coincidentaly was made by Odysseus before his troubles. Odysseus therefore knows that the bed is made out of the huge olive tree that grows within the house.
Odysseus tells her how their bed was made, and she knows no on else could know how the bed was made.
Penelope asked the beggar (Odysseus in disguise) about their bed, which was made from the trunk of an olive tree and couldn't be moved. Odysseus passed the test by knowing only he and Penelope had this secret, proving his true identity.
The secret that reveals Odysseus is that the marriage bed is made from live olive roots. This convinces Penelope.
He tells her about their bed and how its made out of the olive tree and immovable. Only something that Odysseus and her knew.
Penelope was talking to Odysseus and told her maid to move Odysseus' bed so this beggar (odysseus) could stay the night. (Odysseus' bed was made from an oak tree and would be almost impossible to move.) Therefore, Odysseus got really mad and thought she was living with another man who was very strong and could move it. Penelope then knew for sure that this was Odysseus.
Because he revealed their secret.
In Homer's epic poem "The Odyssey," the secret of Odysseus and Penelope's marriage bed is its immovability. Odysseus constructed their marriage bed around a living olive tree in their home, symbolizing their deep-rooted connection and fidelity. By revealing this secret, Odysseus proves his identity to Penelope, as only he would know this detail.
Odysseus built his and his wife's bed and did so around an olive tree to symbolize the strength of their marriage.