While Odysseus was gone, his wife Penelope was being forced to entertain a large group of suitors who wanted to marry her. Penelope did not like any of the suitors, and only wanted Odysseus to come home to her.
The suitors wan't Penelope to marry them and they will play games to win her over such as: darts, fights, last longest under water, etc.
She said she would marry one of them once she had woven the shroud, but at night she unravelled part of it.
Odysseus calls the suitors out for taking over the house and making Penelope marry one of them.
Antinous blames Penelope for stringing the suitors along and not committing to marry any of them.
Penelope told the suitors that she would weave a tapestry, and once she was finished, she would marry one of the suitors. Penelope weaved during the day, but secretly undid her work at night.
Penelope promised to decide which one of the suitors to marry when she finished her death shroud for Laertes. But, she secretly unraveled the parts she weaved every night. This continued until one of her maids, who fell in love with one of the suitors, betrayed Penelope.
Penelope, wife of Odysseus. She had a lot of suitors, who said Odysseus was dead and that she should marry one of them.
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Antinous suggests to have the suitors killed. Since Telemachus is the only suitor that keeps Antinous from Penelope, if Antinous gets rid of Telemachus and the rest of the suitors, he will be the only one left in the house and Penelope will be forced to marry Antinous.
The suitors wanted to marry Penelope in order to become the new king of Ithaca and inherit her wealth. They were motivated by greed and power, rather than genuine love for Penelope.
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