The Odyssey Book 21 and 22

1. He did not have it at Troy because he does not fight with the bow, he only hunts with it. Lines 47-49. He kept it stored away in his stately house, guarding the memory of a cherished friend, and only took that bow on hunts at home.
2. She starts crying because she misses Odysseus. Line 62-65- Reaching tiptoe, lifting the bow down off its peg, still secure in the burnished case that held it, down she sank, laying the case across her knees and dissolved in tears with a high thin wail.
3. The prize is Penelope's house. Line 86-88- The hand that can string this bow with greatest ease, that shoots an arrow clean through all twelve axes-he is the man I follow, yes forsaking this house.
4. To line them up in a straight line because it would be impossible to shoot through them if they were not lined up perfectly.
5. Leodes. Line 163- The first man up was Leodes, Oenops' son.
6. He might not want any of the suitors to be able to leave because Odysseus is going to kill the suitors. Lines 456-458- so with his virtuoso ease Odysseus strung his mighty bow. Quickly his right hand plucked the string to test its pitch and under his touch it sang out clear and sharp as a swallow's cry.
7. Homer compares him stringing the bow to a singer skilled at lyre and song. Lines 453-456- then like an expert singer skilled at lyre and song- who strains a string to a new peg with ease, making the pliant sheep-gut fast at either end-so with his virtuoso ease Odysseus strung his mighty bow.
8. Odysseus shoots Antinous in the the neck with an arrow while Antinous is drinking wine. Line 8- with that he (Odysseus) trained a stabbing arrow on Antinous.
9. Odysseus hangs them. Line 497-498- so the women's heads were trapped in a line, nooses yanking their necks up one by one.
10. Odysseus wanted to purify the house. Line 519- Light me a fire to purify this house.