Watch Penelope greet Odysseus in an excerpt of the reunion scene in Homer's Odyssey
Learn about the reunion of Penelope and Odysseus in this excerpt from a dramatization of Homer's Odyssey, Book XXIII, where, assured at last that it is her husband, Odysseus, who stands before her, Penelope explains her earlier reluctance to greet him.
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Transcript
PENELOPE: Odysseus! Please do not be angry! Forgive me
because I did not welcome you from the first moment!
My heart was always frozen with anxiety
in case some stranger came and cheated me with lies.
But you have clearly told the secret of our room
which no one knew but you and me and one maidservant,
the faithful girl who guarded the door of our room.
And now my cold hard heart grows warm and soft for you.
because I did not welcome you from the first moment!
My heart was always frozen with anxiety
in case some stranger came and cheated me with lies.
But you have clearly told the secret of our room
which no one knew but you and me and one maidservant,
the faithful girl who guarded the door of our room.
And now my cold hard heart grows warm and soft for you.
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