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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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In Penelope's archery contest through how many axes must Odysseus fire his arrow?
two
What word is used for the last arrow in an archery contest or the final outcome?
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What is the object of archery?
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
What did Robin Hood win in the archery contest?
'Ale de finest archers of England who weren't in the Holy Land with Richard'
What is the Hebrew word for archery?
archery = kashtut (קַשׁתוּת)
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