He gave him a share of innards, poured his wine
in a golden cup and added a bracing invitation:
"Now sit right there. Drink your wine with the crowd.
I’ll defend you from all their taunts and blows,
these young bucks. This is no public place,
this is Odysseus’ house –
my father won it for me, so it’s mine.
You suitors, control yourselves. No insults now,
no brawling, no, or it’s war between us all."
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 20, lines 288-296. Telemachus has harsh words for the suitors as he couragely stands up to them. Offering Odysseus-the-beggar meat and wine and seating him in the hall, Telemachus vows to defend him from the suitors’ insults and blows. He reminds the suitors that this is his father’s house and he is in control there.