Epitome

And Ulysses, being apprized of the state of things at home, came to his servant Eumaeus in the guise of a beggar,[*](As to the meeting of Ulysses and Eumaeus, see Hom. Od. 14.1-492; Hyginus, Fab. 126.) and made himself known to Telemachus,[*](As to the meeting and recognition of Ulysses and Telemachus, see Hom. Od. 16.1-234.) and arrived in the city. And Melanthius, the goatherd, a servant man, met them, and scorned them.[*](See Hom. Od. 17.184-253.) On coming to the palace Ulysses begged food of the suitors,[*](See Hom. Od. 17.360-457.) and

finding a beggar called Irus he wrestled with him.[*](See Hom. Od. 18.1-107; Hyginus, Fab. 126. In Homer it is in a boxing-match, not in a wrestling-bout, that Ulysses vanquishes the braggart beggar Irus. Hyginus, like Apollodorus, substitutes wrestling for boxing.) But he revealed himself to Eumaeus and Philoetius, and along with them and Telemachus he laid a plot for the suitors.[*](See Hom. Od. 21.188-244.)