I must kill them!

Antinous unties the losing suitors against the winning Odysseus. Odysseus knows that in order to marry Penelope, return to living the palace and keeping his kingdom, he must, kill all the suitors. Every single one of them. Philoetius, the cow herd, and Eumaeus, the swine herd, inform Odysseus that even though he has been gone for many many years, they still like him much more than the evil suitors, and agree to help him battle the suitors.  Together, Telemachus, Odysseus, Eumaeus and Philoetius must kill all the suitors. And there are more than four of them.  First Odysseus knows the men won't be as brave with out their leader. Antinous shall be the first to die. Antinous doesn't believe Odysseus is capable of killing him. Antinous grabs a glass and begins to drink, as he drinks his head tilts back. Then Odysseus grabs his bow and shoots Antinous, right in the throat! Now that he is dead, Telemachus, Eumaeus, Philoetius and Odysseus make quick work of offing the other suitors.  Previously, in private, Odysseus had told his son, the swine and cow herds to make sure all the women were in their rooms, and now matter what they hear, not to come out and to remove all of the other men's weapons from the room. Leaving only Odysseus with any weapons.  The bodies and warm blood hit the cool marble floors, causing steam to rise. And with that Athena turns Odysseus back to himself.  But what will Penelope think?

The test!

To determine which suitor she is to marry, Penelope has created a challenging test.  Each of the many eager suitors must string Odysseus' greatly oversized bow. Then they are required to shoot the stringed bow through one dozen iron ax handles with out touching any of the handles. Only Odysseus is capable of either of these challenging feats.  The first man steps up and can barely move the bow enough to even attempt stringing it, let alone shoot it through one dozen ax handles! Many more men attempt to finish Penelope's test, but all fail.  Odysseus than asks if he may be worthy of trying to complete the challenge.  Penelope approves, meaning, she thinks this beggar is worthy of being marred to her.  Odysseus sits down with his bow, effortlessly strings it, and all while still seated, expertly shoots the bow through all one dozen iron ax handles. Perfectly.