Eurycleia recognizes Odysseus purely by his scar.
Eumaeus and Philoetius recognize Odysseus by his scar after Odysseus reveals who he is. Laertes, Odysseus' father, also recognizes Odysseus by his scar after Odysseus reveals his identity.
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∙ 2010-09-20 20:47:52Euryclea recognizes Odysseus when she is washing his feet. The nurse recognizes Odysseus by a unique old hunting scar that he got from a boar hunt when he was a child.
Odysseus' nurse recognizes Odysseus as she is bathing his feet, due to a old scar he received as a child on a boar hunt.
Odysseus' nurse recognizes Odysseus as she is bathing his feet, due to a old scar he received as a child on a boar hunt.
while bathing him she sees a scar from his child hood
his nurse is the first one to recognize him because of a scar he has on his leg. his dog was actually the first one to recognize him though.
Odysseus's faithful dog, Argos, was the first to recognize him through his rags. Later on, the old nurse Eurycleia recognizes Odysseus while washing his feet, due to a scar he received as a child while on a boar hunt.
When Odysseus first returned home to Ithaca, the only person who recognized him was his old nurse, Eurycleia. She was able to recognize Odysseus by a scar he had received as a child from a boar's tusk. She saw the scar when she was washing Odysseus's feet and nearly told Penelope that Odysseus was there, but he stopped her. In addition, his dog also recognized his master Odysseus and then died.
When Odysseus was hunting on Mount Parnassus as a boy, he was injured by a wild boar. He did kill it, but it got a piece of him as well. It was a cut that ran just up from his knee. Eurycleia nursed Odysseus when he was a boy and she recognised his scar - this is how she knows the beggar is actually Odysseus..
his nurse is the first one to recognize him because of a scar he has on his leg. his dog was actually the first one to recognize him though.
his nurse is the first one to recognize him because of a scar he has on his leg. his dog was actually the first one to recognize him though.
Euryclaeia is Odysseus's maid who first recognizes him after he returns home from Troy. She sees through his beggar disguise by noticing a scar he received while hunting a boar with his grandfather
By his scar