| A | B |
|---|
| stout bow | Penelope tells suitors that whoever can string this is the man I will marry |
| bow | belongs to Odysseus |
| suitors take turns | trying to string the bow of Odysseus |
| Odysseus | disguised as a beggar asks if he can try to string it |
| suitors refuse | to let Odysseus as a beggar string it because he could make them look bad |
| Telemachus | insists that the old beggar be allowed to try and his anger makes the suitors laugh at him |
| the beggar | strings the bow and sends an arrow through 12 axheads, as challenged by Penelope |
| signal to Telemachus | Odysseus gestures to his son to join him by his side with a weapon |
| Antinous | Odysseus kills him with an arrow to his throat, just as he is drinking from a cup |
| traitorous goatherd | sneaks out to arm the suitors to help defend against Odysseus |
| Athena | disarms the suitors |
| deaths of suitors | Odysseus, his son Telemachus, and two of their faithful servants kill the enemies |
| swords | weapons used by Odysseus and his men |
| housemaids | who had affairs with the suitors are hung by the neck in the courtyard for their betrayal of Odysseus' home |
| goatherd's death | chopped to bits |
