The Beggar and the Faithful Dog is quite a short story in the Odyssey, but even with little words Homer used different types of irony, giving a deeper understanding to the story. In the story, as soon as Argos hears Odysseus’ voice, he perks up and wags his tail, showing he had a deep heartfelt connection toward him because he remembered him after all of these years. Odysseus recognizes him, too, and was so tempted to run up and acknowledge him, but he had to keep up his disguise in front of Eumaeus. This is an example of Dramatic Irony because the reader knows that Odysseus is in disguise and the dog and his master recognize each other, but Eumaeus doesn’t know anything. Eumaeus’ response (the quote) to Odysseus when he asks why the dog is