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[394] “κινήσας δὲ θύρην κτλ.” Telemachus shook the door to call the attention of Eurycleia. Cp. Il.9. 581-583, where Oeneus stands on the threshold “σείων κολλητὰς σανίδας, γουνούμενος υἱόν”. The door now in question is that leading into the women's apartment, which Eurycleia had shut before the slaughter began (21. 387). The sing. “θύρη” is used because one of the folding doors only was actually shaken: cp. 22. 258, 275.For the question as to the position of this door see the Appendix on the Homeric House.

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