Book XIX · Episode 3 of 6
The Stranger’s False Tale
Odysseus spins tale, moves Penelope
Scenes
- The Endless Web — Penelope recounts her shroud-trick
- Penelope asks his name and homeland
- Odysseus likens her fame to a just king’s
- He begs to be spared naming his home
- Chieftains woo her against her will
- Maids betray the trick after three years
- The Cretan Tale — Beggar claims he hosted Odysseus
- He names himself Aethon, son of Deucalion
- Claims kinship with King Idomeneus of Crete
- Crete boasts ninety cities, mingled peoples
- Storm drives Odysseus to Amnisus harbor
- Penelope weeps; his own eyes stay dry