The Odessey and Dream Weaver

“Penelope: …In order to avoid quarrels, my father organized an archery contest for my suitors. Oh yes, Nurse [Eurclea], I had suitors then too.”

Ulysses knew that not one of the suitors would be able to successfully complete the tasks because of the special way of drawing it back, thus letting him reclaim his wife. Penelope knew this too, her plan was designed to keep her from having to marry one of the suitors. She did not want to marry any of the young suitors because was still waiting for her Ulysses to return after twenty years had pass.

In The Odyssey, Odysseus disguises himself in order to get into Penelope’s home without her knowing it was him. Penelope came up with the archery contest

“Woman, by heaven you’ve stung me now!; Who dared to move my bed?; No builder had the skill for that – unless; a god came down to turn the trick. No mortal; in his best days could budge it with a crowbar.; There is our pact pledge, our secret sign,; built into that bed—my handiwork; and no one else’s!”

“Make his bed for him, Eurykleia; Place it outside the bedchamber my lord; built with his own hands. Pile the big bed with fleeces, rugs, and sheets of purest linen.”

Ulysses [preparing to shoot once more]. Woman, do you really want me to kill?

Ulysses follows her wish and kills the suitors while explaining to them why they should die. All but one are slaughtered, Amphion is spared and will instead die like a hero.

“Ulysses [gravely]. I knew your father, Amphion. He was my best friend.

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