The Odyssey, by Homer, relates the story of an intelligent but wary king who tries to get home despite difficult, possibly supernatural forces. About 100 suitors line the Ithacan palace where Telemachus waits for his father Odysseus to return. After ten long years, Telemachus is now a young prince who must see his kingdom's livelihood eaten up by entertaining the suitors. The visitors are there to tempt his mother, Penelope, to marry one of them. The suitors believe that by a new and palace and drinking the wind of the apps in King Odysseus they can persuade Penelope by their very presence...
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