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Penelope's Dream and the Contest of the Bow from "The Odyssey". Penelope tells the beggar of her dream of an eagle killing her geese.

near the ending

Penelope's Dream and the Contest of the Bow

Penelope tells the beggar of her dream of an eagle killing her geese. She announces the contest of the bow: whoever can string Odysseus's bow and shoot through twelve axes will marry her.