Any one else relize that the suitors have to be atleast telemachus's age maybe a year or 2 older. Penelope has a bunch of 10 year Olds pineing for her and she is 30 years old. The reason why they have to be at least 10 when the trojain war starts is because then they would not be old enough to fight so they would stay home. The means that by the time Alexandra comes along g when she is twelve, the suitors, who are about 22, are looking at her in the most thirsty way possible. Later in the story our main characters may have to fight some on who has 10 years of battle experience on them. Also poor Penelope. Like imagine being 20 or 30 years old and some kid who is about half your age is following behind you and talking about how they are going to marry you. Antinous, who would be 10 maybe 3 or so years older at most, the most feared of the suitors would be almost as old as Telemachus and still beating that boys but in .0 seconds.