It was Athena who said that. She said to warn Penelope about the disorder the suitors were making in the house and to encourage Penelope to make the suitors compete for her.
Explanation:
Athena knows that Odysseus is close to returning home, so she has a strategy to reunite Ulysses and Penelope. The strategy includes showing Penelope that her house was in disarray because of the suitors, it is at that time that she speaks the passage that was shown in the question.
Athena also convinces Penelope to make the suitors compete for her.
C. Spain lost control over its colonies after being conquered by France.
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