The suitors were becoming anxious and agitated as Penelope refused to take a new husband even though Odysseus had been gone for almost two decades now. Antinous, the son of Eupeithes was no exception, but he had a plan in mind to still get what he wanted.

Penelope not only had a son, Telemachus but also a daughter. And she would be the key to him getting wealth and power. He would get her to fall for him and obtain his goal that way.