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Odyssey 21-24. Odysseus & Penelope together at last!. Book XXI – Contest of the Bow.
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Odyssey 21-24 Odysseus & Penelope together at last!
Book XXI – Contest of the Bow “Now the bright-eyed goddess Athene put it into the mind of Icarios’ daughter, the prudent Penelope, to set the bow before the suitors and the gray iron in Odysseus’ halls as a contest and a start for slaughter.”
Odysseus reveals himself to Eumaeus and Philoitios, who know him by the scar • He lays a plan to trap the suitors
Book XXIII – Reunion of Odysseus and Penelope Cartoon by Daumier
Book XXIV - Finalizing • Suitors’ souls are conducted to the underworld. • They are greeted by Agamemnon. • Odysseus goes to find his father. • Peace is made with families of the suitors