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Euryclea
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Euryclea
Ulysses’ nurse; recognized him by scar on thigh. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey]
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39) It occurs, for example, in book 19 of the Odyssey, when the maid Eurycleia, while washing Ulysses' feet, unexpectedly recognizes her long-lost master by his scar, and with tear-filled eyes reaches out to touch his chin.
Penelope's web: Francesco Primaticcio's epic revision at Fontainebleau by Fiorenza, Giancarlo / Renaissance Quarterly
The aptly named Gustave Boulanger's Ulysses Recognized by Eurycleia, which gained him a Prix de Rome in 1849, sums up everything that was wrong with academic art teaching in the mid-nineteenth century.
Antiquities true & false by Wilkin, Karen / New Criterion
Finally, with the help of his son Telemachus and the guidance of Pallas, Odysseus lands on his home shores again and is recognized by his childhood nurse, Eurycleia.
McLaren, Clemence. Waiting for Odysseus by LaMontagne, Phyllis / Kliatt
 
 
 
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