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Euryclea
[ yoor-i-klee-uh, yur- ]
noun
- (in the Odyssey ) the nurse of Telemachus who recognized the disguised Odysseus by a scar on his leg.
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Euryclea did as she was told and closed the doors of the women's apartments.
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Nevertheless, Euryclea, take his bed outside the bed chamber that he himself built.
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Euryclea did as she was told, and bolted the women inside their room.
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And when this was done, that Euryclea, the nurse, should go to Penelop and tell her that her husband was indeed returned.
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She then desired the old nurse Euryclea to provide him with suitable raiment and to attend to all his wants.
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