“it's wrong, my friend, to send any stranger packing – even one who arrives in worse shape than you. every stranger and beggar comes from zeus and whatever scrap they get from the likes of us, they'll find it welcome. that's the best we can do, we servants…”who is the speaker of this passage?

eumaeus
telemachus
odysseus
penelope

The answer is: Eumaeus.

Eumaeus was Odysseus´ servant who was the first human being to encounter Odysseus after his return home from his long journeys. Odysseus, when encountering him, tested him by being disguised as a beggar to whom Eumaeus was generous, proving along the way Eumaeus´ loyalty to Odysseus himself. For this, Odysseus eventually congratulated him.

the answer is bags.