"But you and I,
put heads together. What’s our best defense?
When someone kills a lone man in the realm
who leaves behind him no great band of avengers,
still the killer flees, goodbye to kin and country.
But we brought down the best of the island’s princes,
the pillars of Ithaca."
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 23, lines 132-138. After killing the suitors, Odysseus discusses with son Telemachus how best to defend themselves from the "great band of avengers" that will come to get them.