When Odysseus returns to Ithaca he disguises himself as a beggar for two reasons: The first reason is to see who is on his side, and the second reason is to see if his wife has remained faithful. Odysseus goes to Eumaeus’ house and also finds his son, Telemachus. Later he tells Telemachus who he is, but warns him to keep it a secret. Later they go into Ithaca and speak to Penelope. Odysseus finds all the suitors there, and he doesn’t like the fact that his home is raided by suitors. Penelope is told that she must pick one of the suitors. She decides that she will make an impossible task for the suitors and whoever wins will become her husband. The task is to string Odysseus’ bow and shoot an arrow through ten targets in a row. None of the suitors could do it. Odysseus does it, still disguised as a beggar, and it surprises the suitors. Later he kills all the suitors, after they found out who he was, and has his unfaithful maids clean up the dead bodies. After the maids cleaned the bodies up he hung them. He then tells Penelope that he is home, but she makes him tell her about their bed to make sure it really is him
