... the night" so that Odysseus and Penelope could have longer to get reacquainted. Homer comments that "she held Dawn's horses". One woman that is clearly overlooked in this poem is Eurycleia, simply because she bares the title of being a servant for Odysseus and Penelope's family. Although she was labeled a servant, Odysseus" family treated as if she was one of their own ... ...

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