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1. Book XX
2. Neither Odysseus nor Penelope slept well
3. Athena assures Odysseus he will prevail against the
suitors
4. Next morn, when Odysseus hears Penny weeping, he prays to
Zeus
5. Zeus sends thunder as a sign
6. A loyal maid hopes the thunder signals the deaths of the
suitors
7. Servants readied the house for a feast day
8. Eumaeus arrives with some pigs
9. Telemachus dresses for battle
10. Melanthios the goatherd arrives and taunts the old
beggar
11. Philoetius, the loyal cowherd arrived
12. The cowherd expresses sympathy for the beggar, who reminds
him of Odysseus
13. Eumaeus and Philoetius pray for their masters safe
return
14. All went inside and were served dinner
15. Suitor Ctesippus threw a heifers foot at the old
beggar
16. Telemachus gives all of the suitors a sound scolding
17. Suitor Agelaus tells Telemachus he should order his mother
to marry
18. Telemachus refuses, and Athena sets the suitors to witless
laughter
19. Theoclymenus foretells disaster
20. He saw the walls dripping blood
21. And the ghosts of the suitors
22. Laughed at, Theoclymenus leaves
23. Hidden behind a pillar, Penelope has listened to the entire
exchange
24. Book XXI
25. In the morning, Penelope retrieves Odysseus special
bow
26. The bow was a gift from Iphitus, later killed in anger by
Hercules
27. She carried the bow to the suitors
28. Penelope announces that she will marry the man who can
easily string the bow and shoot an arrow through twelve axes.
29. Weeping, Eumaeus set the bow before the suitors
30. Telemachus set up the axes and tried three times to string
the bow
31. He would have gotten it on the fourth try, but his father
signaled him to stop.
32. Penelope invites suitors to try
33. The suitors are unable to string the bow
34. Outside the gates, Odysseus reveals himself to the
swineherd and cowherd
35. The suitors decide to quit trying to string the bow for
now. It is a feast day of Apollo, after all!
36. Athena urges Odysseus to try the bow
37. Led by Antinous, the suitors are outraged
38. But Penelope and her son both invite the beggar to try the
bow
39. Eumaeus put the bow into the hands of Odysseus Eurycleia
locks up the maids and Philoetius closes and locks the outer
gates.