Steve read two myths one told the story of a woman whose curiosity led her to open a forbidden box she disobeyed the order to leave the box untouched when she opened it all kinds of pain and evil were released into the world he read another myth in which the original of pain suffering and struggles is attributed to a woman who disobeyed an order to avoid eating the fruit from a special tree

faithful servants eumaeus and philaetius:

his ragged vest then drawn aside disclosed the sign conspicuous, and the scar exposed: eager they view'd, with joy they stood amazed with tearful eyes o'er all their master gazed:

these servants know ulysses by the scar he got when he was a child - so when he showed them the mark, they immediately knew this is truly their master and they hugged him, finally starting to believe his words.