XIX. While bathing, the returned monarch is recognized by a scar on his
leg;
XX. And when he enters his palace, becomes an eye-witness to the
disorders of the court, and to the way in which
XXI. Penelopê is pestered by suitors. To excuse herself, Penelopê tells
her suitors he only shall be her husband who can bend Odysseus’s bow.
None can do so but the stranger, who bends it with ease. Concealment is
no longer possible or desirable;