gignōskein ‘recognize’

It is said here that the nóos ‘mind’, I.13.732, enables the hero to ‘recognize’, gignōskein, I.13.734.It is said here that the nóos ‘mind’, I.13.732, enables the hero to ‘recognize ... Continue reading

... when he went on a boar hunt to Parnassus with his mother’s father, Autolykos. The word that signals the recognition is gignōskein ‘recognize’ at O.19.392 and at O.19.468. The sign that is being ... Continue reading

Eurykleia reassures Penelope that the real Odysseus has returned, O.23.073–077, and she notes as proof the hero’s tell-tale scar, O.23.074, which she saw with her own eyes, as firs ... Continue reading

... ata ‘signs, signals’, O.24.346, are now recognized by Laertes, and the verb that signals such recognition is once again gignōskein ‘recognize’. Odysseus shows to Laertes his tell-tale scar, O.24 ... Continue reading