myrmepropagandist on Nostr: The was a secret feature of the bed of Odysseus & Penelope. Penelope used it to guard ...

The was a secret feature of the bed of Odysseus & Penelope. Penelope used it to guard against random men who kept showing up pretending to be her long absent husband.

One bedpost was a living olive tree. So, Penelope would make some remark about 'moving the bed to a new room--' and when the latest rando who had shown up didn't act surprised she knew he was phoney.

This idea of a bed with a "living bed post" haunts me daily.

How did it interface with the tesserae of their bedroom floor?