"Your highness, swineherd – why drag this to town?
Haven’t we got our share of vagabonds to deal with,
disgusting beggars who lick the feasters’ plates?
Isn’t it quite enough, these swarming crowds
consuming your master’s bounty –
must you invite this rascal in the bargain?"
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 17, lines 411-416. Suitor Antinous’ sarcastic remarks to Eumaeus and the beggar when they enter the banquet hall contain three kinds of irony. There is dramatic irony because the "beggar" that Antinous says licks the feasters’ plates is not a beggar but Odysseus, owner of the house where Antious continues to stay and consume Odysseus’ food. Antinous addressing Eumaeus as "your highness" is verbal irony, since he means the opposite and is being mocking. There is also situational irony, because Odysseus will stay in the palace for the night as a guest.