Not only does he emasculate the suitors by being the only one able to string his bow and shoot the arrow through the axes, he kills every last one.
Odysseus shoots a bow at Antinous... and it killed him
The suitors were wooing his wife, and also had been eating his food and drinking his wine.
In the Odyssey, the suitors who have been courting Penelope, Odysseus' wife, are killed by Odysseus upon his return to Ithaca. Odysseus, disguised as a beggar, challenges the suitors to a contest and then reveals his true identity before taking revenge on them for their disrespect and attempts to take over his home.
Odysseus seeks revenge on the suitors for multiple reasons. Firstly, the suitors have been disrespectful and have taken advantage of his absence by consuming his resources and pursuing his wife. Secondly, they have shown no remorse for their actions and have plotted to kill his son Telemachus. Lastly, Odysseus sees it as his duty to uphold his honor and reclaim his rightful place as the king of Ithaca by punishing those who have wronged him.
The suitors staying in Odysseus' home are killed by Odysseus upon his return.
Odysseus begins plotting his revenge once he learns of the suitors, but he does not start killing them until Book XXII, after threading his bow, and shooting it through the twelve axes' handles.
Odysseus shoots a bow at Antinous... and it killed him
Teiresias says Odysseus will take his revenge on these suitors and eventually kill them all either by through force or fraud.
He challenges Odysseus and of course Odysseus wins and later he kills the leader of the suitors.
The suitors were wooing his wife, and also had been eating his food and drinking his wine.
After Antinous is killed, the other suitors look for their weapons so that they can kill Odysseus in revenge. They can find neither shield nor spear.
In the Odyssey, the suitors who have been courting Penelope, Odysseus' wife, are killed by Odysseus upon his return to Ithaca. Odysseus, disguised as a beggar, challenges the suitors to a contest and then reveals his true identity before taking revenge on them for their disrespect and attempts to take over his home.
Odysseus seeks revenge on the suitors for multiple reasons. Firstly, the suitors have been disrespectful and have taken advantage of his absence by consuming his resources and pursuing his wife. Secondly, they have shown no remorse for their actions and have plotted to kill his son Telemachus. Lastly, Odysseus sees it as his duty to uphold his honor and reclaim his rightful place as the king of Ithaca by punishing those who have wronged him.
Antinous, not Antonio, is the one shot by Odysseus in "The Odyssey" for plotting against him. Antinous is the first suitors to be killed by Odysseus because he is the ringleader of the suitors and the most aggressive in his behavior towards Penelope and Telemachus. His actions make him the primary target when Odysseus takes his revenge.
the suitors are the men who come to "woo" penelope, Odysseus' wife and Telemachus' mother, and try to get her to marry them. they're very rude because they take advantage of staying in Odysseus' castlethey eat all his food and everything :/hope i helped (:actually, it's the Odyssey. The suitors are people who have come to stay with Odysseus and have overstayed their welcome while breaking xenia.
While Odysseus' revenge can be seen as justified by some due to the wrongs he suffered at the hands of the suitors, others might argue that the extent of the violence and bloodshed he unleashed goes beyond what is morally acceptable. The ethical justification of his revenge is subjective and depends on individual perspectives on justice and retribution.
The suitors staying in Odysseus' home are killed by Odysseus upon his return.