"No, there is no man like Odysseus in command
to drive this curse from the house. Dear god,
if only Odysseus came back home to native soil now,
he and his son would avenge the outrage of these men – like that."
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 17, lines 598-601. Penelope tells Eumaeus that she wishes Odysseus would come back so that he and his son could avenge the outrage of the suitors. This passage displays dramatic irony because Odysseus is back and planning to kill the suitors.