Ain't no woman romance writer going to conceive of the grand epic battle at the end of the Oddyssey....IMHO
But I love how the shooting contest turns into the slaughter of all the bad guys....
I've always LOVED THE ODYSSEY and the ending is spectacular.
Have you read Graves' HOMER'S DAUGHTER? It's his "take" on a part of THE ODDYSSEY.
After all these were guys who were intent on forcing her into marriage and they were a direct threat to her children.
Why would having them slaughtered be so unfeminine?