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…showed last 75 words of 1033 total…Odysseus-like trickery in order to assure her husband was whom he said. This trickery relates so closely with that of Odysseus in the last book that readers can see Odysseus and his wife as equals. The Odyssey includes many themes and ideas that are repeated throughout the poem. With these themes and ideas present, Book 23 serves as a tying together of the epic as a whole and completes this exciting adventuresome epic poem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**