Acceptation

Wake up, Penelope, my child. so that you might see with your own eyes that which you have hoped for every day!

Then Eurykleia wakes Penelope.

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Penelope answered her:

My dear nurse, the gods have made you mad,

Penelope already knows that Odysseus has returned, but isn't expecting he would have survived the confrontation with the suitors.

... and Penelope was thrilled, and she leaped from the bed and embraced the old lady, and she poured down tears from her eyelids.

Penelope now realizes that Odysseus has survived the confrontation, which seemed to be impossible.

But come, tell me trully, dear nurse, if he has really come home, as you say, how he was able to put his hand on the shameless suitors, being alone when they were always inside in a crowd?

You see, she didn't expect him to overcome the suitors. Penelope is happy about Odysseus surviving the suitors, but then she says:

But this story cannot be true as you tell it.

Penelope still can't believe he survived.

Odysseus has lost his home, far away from the land of Achaea, and he himself perished.

Odysseus lost his companions far away from his country and because of that now he lost his home and perished, is Penelope conclusion. He never really came home. Eurykleia answered:

My child, what a word has escaped the barrier of your teeth! That your husband, who is inside the house beside the hearth, would never come home! Your mind is always unbelieving!

Penelope already knew that Odysseus did come home, there is something else that bothers her. She answered Eurykleia: