Odysseus leaves Ithica after giving birth of Telemachus because the Kings of Agamemnon and Menalayes told him to leave and fight the Trojans. His mother told him to not take his bow because when he returns, he will teach his son how to use it. Odysseus prays Athena to guide them and after that he talked his wife and told her if he will not return and Telemachus is a beard, find a man and marries him. The war lasted in 7 years. Odysseus killed Hector the leader of Trojans but they not won the war. The plan of Odysseus is to give them a gift and that is a big wood horse. Odysseus and his men are inside the horse. When the Trojans are asleep, Odysseus and his men attack them. The God of Sea Poseidon told him that he helped him against
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Athena turns Odysseus into a beggar to see if his wife kept her promise. He speaks to his wife as a beggar and told him that her husband is here but Penelope said that how she wish that it was true. When Penelope choose who will she was going to marry there was a challenge. Who will be capable to string the bow of Odysseus and get it into 12 lined up axes he will be the one who will she was going to marry. All men fail to do it because only Odyssey knows how to do it. He was wearing his disguise as a beggar do it and turn him as Odysseus and kill all the suitors of Penelope and after that Telemachus told to his mother that his father is alive. Penelope looks for Odysseus but before she found him Athena appear and told her where is Odysseus. For me, the foundation of marriage of Odysseus and Penelope is love and loyalty to each other because if those two things are not with them, their marriage will be easily destroyed. Two of them have that because in 20 years of not being together and not knowing if her husband is dead or not the union of their vow is in their heart. Penelope's loyalty to Odysseus is one of the examples of true love because if she married immediately to other man without knowing if her husband is alive or not and Odysseus comeback they have no chance to be together
Athena turns Odysseus into a beggar to see if his wife kept her promise. He speaks to his wife as a beggar and told him that her husband is here but Penelope said that how she wish that it was true. When Penelope choose who will she was going to marry there was a challenge. Who will be capable to string the bow of Odysseus and get it into 12 lined up axes he will be the one who will she was going to marry. All men fail to do it because only Odyssey knows how to do it. He was wearing his disguise as a beggar do it and turn him as Odysseus and kill all the suitors of Penelope and after that Telemachus told to his mother that his father is alive. Penelope looks for Odysseus but before she found him Athena appear and told her where is Odysseus. For me, the foundation of marriage of Odysseus and Penelope is love and loyalty to each other because if those two things are not with them, their marriage will be easily destroyed. Two of them have that because in 20 years of not being together and not knowing if her husband is dead or not the union of their vow is in their heart. Penelope's loyalty to Odysseus is one of the examples of true love because if she married immediately to other man without knowing if her husband is alive or not and Odysseus comeback they have no chance to be together