Book 19 in short: Penelope and the scar

That night Odysseus and Telemachus remove the weapons from the hall. Penelope questions the beggar, who says he once entertained Odysseus in Crete. She tells him a dream.

The old nurse Eurycleia washes the beggar's feet and recognises a scar on his leg. Odysseus makes her promise to say nothing. Penelope announces that she will hold a contest with Odysseus's bow.