The Legend Of Penelope In Homer's Odyssey

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I have been waiting twenty years for my husband Odysseus to return but all of my hope has just about been about lost, everyday new suitors come to my kingdom raiding my supplies eating up my food and the worst thing is they will not leave no matter what I say, they all wish to make me their bride and they all compete for my affection, no matter how hard i wish to wait for Odysseus to return i can not anymore so i have decided that it will be best for me to choose a suitor as my champion but it will be in a form of a competition. I grabbed my husband's bow and mourned over him for a while then i cleaned myself up and told the men the contest they seemed pleased they thought it would be easy but,the men had tried their

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