The Odyssey
What arguments do the townspeople, especially Eupithes, make against Odysseus?
What arguments do the townspeople, especially Eupithes, make against Odysseus?
What arguments do the townspeople, especially Eupithes, make against Odysseus?
Back in town, the goddess Rumor bandies about word of the suitors' defeat. The townspeople take away the bodies and bury them, then convene. Half of them, led by Eupeithes, father of Antinous, want vengeance for the deaths of their sons, while others realize that a god was on Odysseus' side and argue that their uninhibited sons deserved their fates. Eupeithes leads the former camp to Laertes' house, but Athena, disguised as Mentor, incites Laertes to hurl his spear at Eupeithes. Odysseus and his comrades begin killing the others, but Athena stops them and declares a truce between the warring parties.