Telemachus is the prince of Ithaca and when he was a baby his father Odysseus left to lead the Greeks into the Trojan war but 20 years later he still has not returned

Penelope (the queen) set up a challenge for the suitors that whoever can string Odysseus’ bow and shoot it through 12 axes will be the new king (no one but Odysseus can string the bow but they don’t know that only Penelope)