"Father – I am your son – myself, the man you’re seeking,
home after twenty years, on native ground at last!
Hold back your tears, your grief.
Let me tell you the news, but we must hurry –
I’ve cut the suitors down in our own house,
I’ve paid them back their outrage, vicious crimes!"
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 23, lines 359-364. Odysseus finally stops lying about being a stranger from Sicily and reveals his true identity to his father. He tells Laertes that he has punished the suitors for their crimes.