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The Festival of Apollo
The next day was the festival of Apollo. This was a big deal for the kingdom of Ithaca and was more or less a national holiday. Everybody in the kingdom was there to celebrate, including all of the suitors. Once again, they mocked Odysseus and Umayyas. The person who can shoot an arrow through all 12 of these axe handles will officially become my betrothed. And once again, he proved to be correct. None of the suiters could even string Odysseos' bow, let alone send an arrow through 12 axe handles. Even Antinuis couldn't do it, though he tried for a long time.