Eurykleia
mythological figure · 1 work · 9 mentions · 25 anchored passages
Eurykleia, daughter of Ops · Nurse · Nurse Eurykleia · my good nurse · nurse · nurse Eurykleia · the nurse
in the texts
Odyssey
Old and devoted household servant who nursed Telemachus as a baby and now attends him at night.
A good old woman, Eurykleia, daughter of Ops, the son of Pisenor, went before him with a couple of blazing torches.
moreover the faithful old house-keeper Eurykleia, daughter of Ops the son of Pisenor, was in charge of everything both night and day.
When Eurykleia heard this she began to cry, and spoke fondly to him, saying, "My dear child, what ever can have put such notion as that into your head?