Her goal throughout the story of the Odyssey is to reunite Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, with his home and family, which he hasn't seen or kept in touch with for twenty years. ... The next day Penelope has arranged a challenge for all the suitors. ... Tele, Odysseus, and eumaues have a plan to get rid of all the suitors. The plan is to take all their weapons and kill them all. ... When the suitors are all killed, Odysseus and Penelope become one again. ...

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In the myth the Odyssey, Odysseus and his army had just won the Trojan war and "The Greeks went mad with victory the night they entered the city; they forgot what was due to the gods; and on their voyage home they were terribly punished" (Mythology 211). ... For example, the hero Odysseus had returned back from his twenty year long journey to his home where suitors had taken over the house. Athena disguised him as a beggar and Odysseus went to his home and won the challenge he took his bow and shot every suitor. ... To kill a room full of men for Odysseus, was seen as heroic and peo...

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