The Odyssey

What was Penelope's reaction when Eurycleia told her odysseus has returned. give a quote to support your answer

What was Penelope's reaction when Eurycleia told her odysseus has returned. give a quote to support your answer

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Penelope doesn't believe her,

"My good nurse," answered Penelope, "you must be mad. The gods sometimes send some very sensible people out of their minds, and make foolish people become sensible. This is what they must have been doing to you; for you always used to be a reasonable person. Why should you thus mock me when I have trouble enough already- talking such nonsense, and waking me up out of a sweet sleep that had taken possession of my eyes and closed them? (Book 23)