BOOK 21
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- BOOK 21
- Athene prompts Penelope to give the suitors the challenge of the great bow
- the Bow was given to Odysseus by Iphitus
- Odysseus had gone to Messene to collect some debt after the Messenians stole 300 sheep from Ithaca
- Odysseus was trust with this mission even though he was only a boy at the time
- on his mission Odysseus met Iphitus who gave him the bow
- before they could offer each other hospitality Iphitus was killed
- Odysseus gave him a sharp sward and a strong spear
- these gifts were token of the beginning of a warm friendship
- Odysseus didn't take the bow to troy because it is used for hunting not fighting
- Penelope challenges the suitors by saying that whoever can string the bow mast easily and shoot an arrow through 12 axes will be her husband
- this another way to delay remarrying but she doesn't realise
- he handing it over she is bidding her last farewell to Odysseus
- the Bow was given to Odysseus by Iphitus
- Eumaeus is given the task of handing over the bow and axes
- he cries as he does so
- Antinous shouts at him for crying and says its unsettling for Penelope
- he cries as he does so
- Telemachus is first to have ago
- he tries three times and fails
- on the fourth time he is close to stringing to bow but Odysseus hints at him not to succeed
- shows he is young but is strong and takes after his father
- on the fourth time he is close to stringing to bow but Odysseus hints at him not to succeed
- he tries three times and fails
- Leodes has a go
- he manages to tie the bow but runs out of energy before he can string it
- Antinous laughs at his failure
- however Antinous hangs back and does step forward to have ago
- Antinous laughs at his failure
- he manages to tie the bow but runs out of energy before he can string it
- Melanthius then had a go but failed
- the beggar asks the cowherd and the swineherd If it cam to fighting who's side they would be on
- they reply that they would be on his
- Odysseus then reveals himself to them
- he tells them that he feels assured of their loyalty and says he will find them a wife and build them houses near his
- to prove it is him he reveals his scar to them
- he asks Eumaeus to make sure he has a go with the bow
- he also asks Eumaeus to make sure the female quarters are locked
- Odysseus then reveals himself to them
- swineherd is called Eumaeus
- cowherd is called Philoteus
- they reply that they would be on his
- Eurymachus tries and fails
- he's not disappointed that he wont marry Penelope but that he's not as strong as Odysseus
- shows that they're didn't really care about Penelope
- he's not disappointed that he wont marry Penelope but that he's not as strong as Odysseus
- the suitors make libations to the great archer Apollo
- Odysseus tells him to leave it to the gods
- Apollo will give his favourite the strength to win
- Odysseus tells him to leave it to the gods
- Penelope lets Odysseus have ago
- but if he wins his prize will be that she'll see him safely to where ever he wants to go
- Telemachus sends Penelope to her room
- Athene sends her into a deep sleep
- Eurycleia locked all the doors leading out of the great hall
- Odysseus strung the bow with ease
- he then didn't miss a single axes
- Athene prompts Penelope to give the suitors the challenge of the great bow
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