The Odyssey · Book 16

Father and Son

Telemachus reaches Eumaeus’s hut, where Athena briefly removes Odysseus’s disguise. Father and son recognize each other after twenty years and begin planning the suitors’ defeat.

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The dogs made no sound and simply wagged their tails.

Homer, Odyssey, Book 16, lines 4-10 (scene reference)

Eumaeus let go of his bowls and rushed over to Telemachus.

Homer, Odyssey, Book 16, lines 11-16 (scene reference)

Eumaeus wept like a father who welcomes a lost son.

Homer, Odyssey, Book 16, lines 17-21 (scene reference)

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