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Why does Penelope call for the stranger?

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Penelope calls for the stranger because she wants to welcome him and ask if he has seen or heard anything of Odysseus.

"While she sat in her room talking with her maids, noble Odysseus was eating his meal. Penelope then summoned her loyal swineherd, and said to him: 'Worthy Eumaeus, go and ask the stranger to come to me, so I can welcome him and ask if he has seen or heard anything of my steadfast Odysseus. He has the look of a much-travelled man.'"

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