After Odysseus returns and kills the suitors, Penelope is in doubt that he really has returned ( it's been 20 years of waiting )
. So, she tests him to see if it is really him. What does she say to him ( she says she did something ) that upsets him, and, therefore, convinces her that it really is Odysseus?
In the famous epic poem "The Odyssey", Odysseus has spent the past couple of decades trying to return home after the war in Troy. When he finally comes home and kills the men who want to marry his wife, Penelope, he is unrecognizable - not only because of the time that has passed, but also because the goddess Athena changed his appearance. To test him and be sure if he truly is who he says he is, Penelope asks a servant to move their marriage bed. Odysseus gets angry at her order, since he built their bedroom around an olive tree and used the tree as a bedpost. His knowledge of that story and his anger show Penelope that man is truly the husband she's been faithfully waiting for.
