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What was Odysseus bed made of?

it was built around a tree.


How is Penelope convinced that Odysseus is actually Odysseus?

Penelope tells Eurycleia to move the bed, Odysseus responds by saying that is impossible because he has made the bed around the Olive tree.


Why is it ironic that Penelope tests Odysseus at the end of the story?

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.


Why does Penelope finally believe that the stranger is her husband?

Odysseus tells her how their bed was made, and she knows no on else could know how the bed was made.


What test did Penelope set for he beggar to prove he was Odysseus?

Rather than directly testing Odysseus and questioning him, Penelope asks her maid Eurycleia to move the great bed that Odysseus himself made with his own hands. This is a clever way of testing Odysseus because the bed was made in a way that would be near impossible to move and Odysseus finds Penelopes words 'a knife in [his] heart' The bed was made by using the trunk of an olive tree as the first bedpost, the tree was still rooted to the ground so Odysseus claims that even a man in his prime wouldn't be able to move the bed. Odysseus and Penelope are the only people to know how the bed was created so Odysseus has just give proof that he truly is who he says he is.


The secrect thst reveals odysseus?

The secret that reveals Odysseus is that the marriage bed is made from live olive roots. This convinces Penelope.


What secret does Odysseus reveal that allows Penelope to be sure of Odysseus' true identity?

He tells her about their bed and how its made out of the olive tree and immovable. Only something that Odysseus and her knew.


What test does Penelope gives Odysseus?

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.


Penelope's test of Odysseus in Book 23 of the Odyssey?

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.


How does odysseus convince penelope that he is her husband?

Odysseus convinces Penelope that he is her husband by revealing the secret detail of their bed, that he alone knows. This detail is that their bed was constructed by Odysseus himself and cannot be moved as one of its legs is made from a living olive tree. This intimate knowledge proves to Penelope that it is indeed her husband Odysseus returned to her.


Why does she grow tremulous and weak when Odysseus says the bed was made of an olive trunk?

Because he revealed their secret.


Who built odysseus' bed?

Odysseus built his and his wife's bed and did so around an olive tree to symbolize the strength of their marriage.