because she wants to stall her decision of picking a new husband out of the suiters since she is being forced by them to pick one of them, and either way she knows none of them will have the patience (which only Odysseus had) to string/prepare the bow and then aim correctly through the obstacles.
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Upshot
You get a bow and an arrow. You aim for a target and release. Then you win. Hooray for you! (not) oh and if you hit a person you get 100 extra points
'Ale de finest archers of England who weren't in the Holy Land with Richard'
archery = kashtut (קַשׁתוּת)
whoever wins the Archery contest will marry penelope.
whoever wins the Archery contest will marry penelope.
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To win the archery contest and marry Penelope, the suitors must string and shoot an arrow through twelve axe heads in a row.
Penelope decides to hold a contest of strength and skill, declaring whomever wins will be able to marry her.
She Fasted
Dont delay the contest any longer
The winner of the archery contest must hit the bullseye with their arrow and score the highest points among all competitors.
The Beggar
she will marry them
she will marry them
bheem