"Penelope – child – wake up and see for yourself,
with your own eyes, all you dreamed of, all your days!
He’s here – Odysseus – he’s come home, at long last!
He’s killed the suitors, swaggering young brutes
who plagued his house, wolfed his cattle down,
rode roughshod over his son!"
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 23, lines 5-10. Eurycleia makes her way to the queen’s chamber to tell Penelope the goods news of Odysseus’ return. She informs her that the prideful and greedy suitors have met their end at the hands of her husband.