Who is it?
This person strings the bow and shoots the arrow perfectly through all of the axes.
Odysseus
- Contest announcement
- Telemachus helping set up the targets
- Penelope getting the weapons from the storage room
First Penelope got the weapons, then she announced the contest, then Telemachus sets up the axes.
What does Penelope say in her announcement?
She announces an archery contest for the suitors, whoever shoots perfectly "wins" her.
Who dies first in the massacre?
Antinous
This person announces a competition for the suitors to see who will marry her.
Penelope
- Antinous gets killed
- Odysseus shoots the arrow
- Odysseus reveals himself
First Odysseus shoots the arrow perfectly, then he reveals himself, then he kills Antinous.
What does Telemachus do after failing to shoot the arrow?
He says that it is useless and that he is too young and inexperienced at fighting. He believes that the suitors are stronger and older so they will have an easier time.
What does Penelope do in the beginning in the storage room?
She starts getting weapons and cries about her husband.
This person wants to be the one to shoot the arrow perfectly and finally "win" Penelope.
Antinuous
- Leodes tries to shoot
- Telemachus tries to shoot
Fist Telemachus tries to shoot, then Leodus, then Eumaus.
What does Antinous say to the people setting up the bow?
That they are idiots and after everything that Penelope has gone through, they should be quiet and go do their wailing outside.
What does Antinous call Leodes?
He calls him an "improper man". He says that he was not born for archery, when they were, and that comparing his abilities to theirs is not proper.
This person does not like the bullying coming from the suitors. He is described as a "holy man", but he fails to string and shoot the arrow.
Leodes
- Servant girls die
- Melanthius gets tortured
- People from the house come to greet Odysseus
First the servants die, then Melanthius gets tortured, then People come to greet Odysseus.
What does Odysseus do to the halls at the end of the book?
He fills them with smoke/fumigates them.
Why does Telemachus try to spare Medon from getting killed?
Medon took care of Telemachus when he was a child.
This person gets weapons for the suitors, but when Odysseus and Telemachus know of this, he is ordered to be tortured.
Melanthius
- Odysseus decides to spare Phemius
- Phemius begs Odysseus not to kill him
- Telemachus interferes and tells his father to stop
First, Phemius begs, then Telemachus interferes, and then Odysseus decides to spare him.
What was Phemius the poet forced to do for the suitors?
He was forced to sing and play songs for the suitors.
Why does Odysseus need to fumigate the house?
To get rid of bad/evil that might be in the house.