"But now, since you have revealed such overwhelming proof –
the secret sign of our bed, which no one’s ever seen
but you and I and a single handmaid, Actoris,
the servant my father gave me when I came,
who kept the doors of our room you built so well…
you’ve conquered my heart, my hard heart, at last!"
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 23, lines 253-258. After twenty years of separation and sorrow, the strong love between Penelope and Odysseus wins out in the end. Penelope accepts that Odysseus is her missing husband after he reveals the secret sign of their marriage bed. They are now fully reunited at last.