While Odysseus is in his palace, disguised as a beggar, with the suitors begging, Irus comes in and gets mad at Odysseus for begging, because he wants everything the suitors give to himself It escalates to a fight and the suitors goad them on by offering a goat's stomach and eating with the suitors as a prize to the winner. They also threaten to send Irus to a king who will cut his genitals, nose, and ears off. Odysseus knocks Irus out with 1 hit and breaks his jaw. Athena makes Penelope come down to give advice to Telemachus, but the real reason is to get the suitors fired up. Melantho taunts Odysseus, so he threatens to tell Telemachus to cut his limbs off. One of the head suitors taunts Odysseus, calling him lazy and entitled. Penelop tells everyone that she is going to choose a new husband, and that she wants them to give her gifts, this makes the suitors give her lots of gifts. Athena makes everyone start taunting Odysseus to make him feel bitterness deep in his heart. Telemachus comes down to the dining hall and calms everyone down and they drink some wine and go to sleep