Character · Class

only son in Eumaeus’s father simile

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Canonical name: only son in Eumaeus’s father simile
Disambiguator: None
Kind: Character
Scope: Class
Editorial note: No editorial note published.

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foreign country in Eumaeus’s father-and-son simile1 observation

·Simile

The only son in the simile had spent ten years absent in a foreign country.

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“The words were hardly out of his mouth before his son stood at the door. Eumaeus sprang to his feet, and the bowls in which he was mixing wine fell from his hands, as he made towards his master. He kissed his head and both his beautiful eyes, and wept for joy. A father could not be more delighted at the return of an only son, the child of his old age, after ten years’ absence in a foreign country and after having gone through much hardship. He embraced him, kissed him all over as though he had come back from the dead, and spoke fondly to him saying: ”

Claims

·Simile

The only son in the simile returns after a ten-year absence abroad and much hardship.

See evidence text

“the return of an only son, the child of his old age, after ten years’ absence in a foreign country and after having gone through much hardship”

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·Simile

“an only son, the child of his old age”