"When Athena, Queen of Tactics, tells me it is time,
I’ll give you a nod, and when you catch that signal
round up all the deadly weapons kept in the hall,
stow them away upstairs in a storeroom’s deep recess –
all the arms and armor."
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 16, lines 314-318. Odysseus speaks to Telemachus about how they should kill the suitors. He discusses hiding all of their weapons to wait for the signal from Athena, assuring his son that they have the gods on their side. Shortly before this passage Odysseus tells Telemachus, who is worried about fighting so many suitors: "Think: will Athena flanked by Father Zeus do for the two of us? Or shall I rack my brains for another champion?"