When Odysseus returns home, he claims to be a beggar.
begger!! of course!!
Thomas
Odysseus loves his home in Ithaca, and wants nothing more than to get back there.
Most people do not recognize Odysseus because Athena has disguised him as a beggar.
10 years
He isin't he just wants to get home
He find suitors trying to court his wife penelope.
He find suitors trying to court his wife penelope.
home to Ithaca:) duhhh!
When Odysseus returns home to Ithaca, the first person he reveals his identity to is his old nurse, Eurycleia. He does this after she recognizes him while washing his feet, and he swears her to secrecy about his return. Eurycleia's recognition marks the beginning of Odysseus's plan to reclaim his household from the suitors.
She loves him and wants him to live with her.