"Friends!
This man will never restrain his hands, invincible hands –
now that he’s seized that polished bow and quiver, look,
he’ll shoot from the sill until he’s killed us all!
So fight – call up the joy of battle! Swords out!
Tables lifted – block his arrows winging death!
Charge him, charge in a pack –
try to rout the man from the sill, the doors,
race through town and sound an alarm at once –
our friend would soon see he’s shot his bolt!"
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 22, lines 73-82. With Odysseus making clear that peace is not an option, Eurymachus summons his fellow suitors to arms. He knows that they must fight or die now that Odysseus has taken up his fabled bow. So he calls on the suitors to charge Odysseus.