"What’s got into your head, what crazy plan?
You must be hell-bent on destruction, on the spot,
if you’re keen to mingle with that mob of suitors –
their pride and violence hit the iron skies."
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 15, lines 363-366. Eumaeus pours cold water on Odysseus-the-beggar’s plan to go begging and offering to work in the palace at Ithaca. He describes it as a dangerous place to be because of the unrestrained violence and pride of the suitors.