| A | B |
|---|
| talk | Odysseus speaks to his queen Penelope but she does not know his true identity |
| kindness | Penelope treats him with this when she thinks he is merely an old beggar |
| Eurycleia | Odysseus' nanny who Penelope tells to bathe the old beggar as a gesture of kindness |
| scar | Eurycleia recognizes this on Odysseus above his knee when she bathes him and realizes who he is |
| wild boar | when Odysseus was a young man, he had been gored while hunting; this is the injury Eurycleia recognizes |
| her hand | Eurycleia reaches out to Odysseus to his chin but he silences her to keep his secret |
| Mount Parnassus | where Odysseus used to hunt as a young man |
| secrecy | Odysseus gestures Eurycleia to keep his true identity from others |
