Euryclea

American  

[yoor-i-klee-uh, yur-] / ˌjʊər ɪˈkli ə, ˌjɜr- /

Also Euryclia

noun

1. (in theOdyssey ) the nurse of Telemachus who recognized the disguised Odysseus by a scar on his leg.

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Example Sentences

A double strength of bars secured the gates; Fast by the door the wise Euryclea waits; Euryclea, who great Ops! thy lineage shared, And watch'd all night, all day, a faithful guard.

From The Odyssey by Pope, Alexander

He ceased, and, in obedience to his will, Calling the ancient Euryclea forth, His nurse, Telemachus enjoin’d her thus.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William

Autolycus arriving in the isle Of pleasant Ithaca, the new-born son Of his own daughter found, whom on his knees 500 At close of supper Euryclea placed, And thus the royal visitant address’d.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William

Then the aged nurse Euryclea, who had tended him in his youth, is asked to wash the feet of the old man.

From Greek Women by Carroll, Mitchell

He said; nor Euryclea his lov’d nurse Longer delay’d, but sulphur brought and fire, When he with purifying steams, himself, Visited ev’ry part, the banquet-room, 570 The vestibule, the court.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William