After 10 years, Odysseus finally returns home. However, he is stopped by the Goddess Athena, who warns him that his hall is overtaken by suitors hoping for Penelope's hand in marriage. She tells him to dress as a beggar and visit the palace.
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At this same time, Penelope has drawn her husband's bow preparing to make the next step, as she moves on from Odysseus.
Lysbilde: 2
"My lords, hear me: suitors indeed, you commandeered this house to feast and drink in, day and night, my husband being long gone, long out of mind. You found no justification for yourselves-none except your lust to marry me. Stand up, then: we now declare a contest for that prize."
Penelope's task is this, string Odysseus's bow and shoot an arrow through 12 axe-helve sockets. The one that can do this will take her hand in marriage. Antinous and Eurymachus, the two most noble suitors, are confident in this task.
Lysbilde: 3
As the lesser suitors attempt Penelope's challenge, Odysseus goes to recruit Eumaeus and Philoetius, the swineherd and cowherd. They will help him in his elaborate plan to take revenge.
"Would you be man enough to stand by Odysseus if he came back?"
"Ah, let the master come! Father Zeus, grant our old wish!"