Somewhat like Levin in Anna Karenina.............not quite........but someone was hitting on Kitty......Levin's wife..........and Levin showed off how strong he was ........by doing gymnastics........

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She went to the suitors and told them that whoever could string Odysseus's bow and shoot an arrow through 12 axe-handles would marry her. ... Odysseus then took it, strung it, lined up twelve axe-handles and shot an arrow through all twelve