Who says the following and why? "[D]reams are hard to unravel, wayward, drifting things— not all we glimpse in them will come to pass . . . Two gates there are for our evanescent dreams, one is made of ivory, the other made of horn.

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Penelope answers this to Odysseus who is disguised as a beggar. This dialogue is from Book 19, The Odyssey. Penelope is still waiting for her husband, Odysseus, to come back from his adventures. Odysseus ,finally, comes back but desguises himself as a beggar because he has seen a lot of rude noblemen at the door of his palace. Odysseus thinks they will steal him from his throne. Penelope lets " this beggar" in and takes him to her private chamber. Penelope asks the beggar to interprete her dream about the geese. Although "the beggar's" interpretation is related  to Odysseus'  return, Penelope answers : " Dreams are hard to..."