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Homer: The OdysseyGrade 7dialectic Stage

The Trial of the Bow

Penelope brings out Ulysses' great bow. She says she will marry whoever can string it and shoot through twelve axe-heads. None of the suitors can even string it. The beggar asks to try.

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