Book 19.385-475
Erich Auerbach's 'Mimesis' opens with this scene as exemplar of Homeric style.
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From The Odyssey by Homer
The old nurse Eurycleia recognizes Odysseus by the scar on his thigh while washing his feet, a famous recognition scene analyzed by Auerbach.
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