Narrator: Odysseus has traveled longer than any man should, faced perils the gods have never bore witness to before, and he has lost much; however, he has finally returned home, seeking solace in the warmth and virtue of his wife and queen. The tender spirited, aging maid Eurycleia sprints through the halls, eager to tell Penelope of the stranger who has appeared before them.
Eurycleia: Oh fair mistress, lift your head and open your eyes.
Penelope: Leave me, I no longer wish to be the object of fascination for those men - no those foolish boys who know nothing of loyalty unless it is to their lust.
Eurycleia: Oh my fair lady, no longer shall those mirrors of a pure soul weep. Your days of agonizing alone are over - Odysseus - your king …show more content…
Have you no shame to torment the bereaved? Why must you mock me, have I not suffered and wept long enough?
Eurycleia: No… dear child have these lips ever mocked you in anyway?
Penelope: You speak such foolish lies, all this nonsense disrupting my slumber! This is but the one piece of serenity and security that remains, and has since he departed many years ago. It seems that once he broke way from our sacred shores all was tossed to the seas, meant for Poseidon to make mockery of and belittle. All was left alongside the destruction of Troy and all who befell the tragedies and plagues of war. Now leave me Eurycleia, your lies no longer pleasure me.
Eurycleia: By the great gods themselves, I have spoken the truth you foolish woman! Odysseus is home once more, he has returned to his throne - to you his queen. Telemachus, that delicate boy who knew this man in sole brevity cries and clings to this man, he weeps“ Our King, my father is home now,” why can you not rejoice as he? Do you truly wish to elongate this man’s eternal suffering?
Penelope: Hush! Allow me to
Eurycleia: Oh fair mistress, lift your head and open your eyes.
Penelope: Leave me, I no longer wish to be the object of fascination for those men - no those foolish boys who know nothing of loyalty unless it is to their lust.
Eurycleia: Oh my fair lady, no longer shall those mirrors of a pure soul weep. Your days of agonizing alone are over - Odysseus - your king …show more content…
Have you no shame to torment the bereaved? Why must you mock me, have I not suffered and wept long enough?
Eurycleia: No… dear child have these lips ever mocked you in anyway?
Penelope: You speak such foolish lies, all this nonsense disrupting my slumber! This is but the one piece of serenity and security that remains, and has since he departed many years ago. It seems that once he broke way from our sacred shores all was tossed to the seas, meant for Poseidon to make mockery of and belittle. All was left alongside the destruction of Troy and all who befell the tragedies and plagues of war. Now leave me Eurycleia, your lies no longer pleasure me.
Eurycleia: By the great gods themselves, I have spoken the truth you foolish woman! Odysseus is home once more, he has returned to his throne - to you his queen. Telemachus, that delicate boy who knew this man in sole brevity cries and clings to this man, he weeps“ Our King, my father is home now,” why can you not rejoice as he? Do you truly wish to elongate this man’s eternal suffering?
Penelope: Hush! Allow me to