Eurycleia goes upstairs to wake Penelope, who has slept through the entire battle. Penelope does not believe anything Eurycleia tells her, even after she comes downstairs to see her husband. Telemachus reprimands her for not embracing her husband lovingly, but Penelope is fearful that the gods are playing a trick on her. Meanwhile, Odysseus is not as worried about her reaction as he is that the noblemen of Ithaca will be very upset that he has killed their sons. He decides that the family must remain quiet for a while, and the minstrel begins a happy song so that no one outside the palace will know any different.
Still in disbelief, Penelope tells Eurycleia to move her bridal bed, and Odysseus shouts at her that the bed cannot be moved. He explains that it.....
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