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[287] δέξασθαι, inf.= a softened imperative, expressing what Penelope will naturally do as her part: ‘if the Suitors bring gifts, it is for you to take them at their hands.’

ἀνήνασθαι δόσιν ‘to refuse (to give) a gift’: so 4. 651 “χαλεπόν κεν ἀνήνασθαι δόσιν εἴη”. This may be taken to be a formula for unwilling consent. The next words limit this consent to the gifts: ‘yes, but we will not leave the house.’

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