Odysseus encompassed this quality and proved it throughout the story of The Odyssey. ... Odysseus now had to create a plan to prevent one of the men from marrying Penelope. ... The scheme he devised with the help of his son, Telemachus, called for the suitors to string his bow and shoot an arrow through the heads of twelve axes, a task only Odysseus had completed. None of the men are able to accomplish this feat because Odysseus was the only man strong enough to bend to bow. After he achieved the contest and had slain the suitors, he is reunited with his wife. ...

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