Argument the bending of ulyssesÒ€ℒ bow penelope, to put an end to the solicitation of the suitors, proposes to marry the person who shall first bend the bow of ulysses, and shoot through the ringlets. The suitors of penelope make great entertainments, and riot in her palace till night. Phemius sings to them the return of the grecians, till penelope puts a stop to the song.

Argument euryclea awakens penelope with the news of ulyssesÒ€ℒ return, and the death of the suitors. Penelope scarcely credits her; But supposes some god has punished them, and descends from her Ò€¦