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Before, she was planning to trick them by telling them she had to finish a blanket for Odyssey's father, but they found out and eventually forced her to marry one of them. It was either that or the kingdom would've been destroyed. Plus, she was lonely.

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When did Penelope said she will marry the suitors?

Penelope promised to marry one of the suitors when she finished weaving a shroud for her father-in-law, Laertes. However, she unraveled it every night to delay the marriage.


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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.


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Odysseus calls the suitors out for taking over the house and making Penelope marry one of them.


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How does Antinous suggest Telemachus get rid of the suitors?

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What role did Telemachus played in the fight against the suitors?

Telemachus was outraged by the suitors asking Penelope to marry one of them, and so demanded a meeting in which he would fight them. Thus making him the aggressor in the specific conflict.


Why Penelope suitors accused her of tricking them?

They accused her of tricking them because she told them that she would choose one of them to marry after she finished making the burial shroud, but everyday she would undo what she had just done so that she would never finish it, therefore never having to marry one of the suitors


How did Penelope try to trick suitors at first by weaving a shroud?

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What was Penelope's challenge to the suitors?

Penelope held a contest for the suitors: Whoever could string Odysseus' bow and fire an arrow through twelve axe handles would be able to marry her. This is a trick Odysseus did when he was younger. Only one who can accomplish the feat would be considered man enough to marry her. None of the suitors could do it except for Odysseus, who was still disguised as a beggar.


How do the suitors plan to prevent telemachus from coming home?

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How did Penelope trick the suitors their demands marriage?

I think you may be referring to when Penelope tells the suitors that she will make a decision to marry one of them after she is done weaving a web of yarn. However, she was just misleading them; she untangles the work done every night for a year (I think so, that is just an estimate). However, a maid who was aware of this outs this to the suitors. When the suitors are made aware of this, they are outraged and force her to finish weaving.


In Greek mythology who kept undoing her weaving to avoid getting married?

Penelope, wife of Odysseus. She had a lot of suitors, who said Odysseus was dead and that she should marry one of them.