Epitome (7.29-7.33)

And from Zacynthos came forty—four:

And from Ithaca itself the suitors were twelve, to wit:— Antinous, Pronous, Liodes, Eurynomus, Amphimachus, Amphialus, Promachus, Amphimedon, Aristratus, Helenus, Dulicheus, and Ctesippus.

And Ulysses, being apprized of the state of things at home, came to his servant Eumaeus in the guise of a beggar,[*] and made himself known to Telemachus,[*] and arrived in the city. And Melanthius, the goatherd, a servant man, met them, and scorned them.[*] On coming to the palace Ulysses begged food of the suitors,[*] and

Now Penelope delivered to the suitors the bow of Ulysses, which he had once received from Iphitus; and she said that she would marry him who bent the bow.[*] When none of them could bend it, Ulysses took it and shot down the suitors, with the help of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.[*] He killed also Melanthius, and the handmaids that bedded with the suitors,[*] and he made himself known to his wife and his father.[*]