"Do as your heart desires –
but let me tell you how it should be done.
Now that royal Odysseus has taken his revenge,
let both sides seal their pacts that he shall reign for life,
and let us purge their memories of the bloody slaughter
of their brothers and their sons. Let them be friends,
devoted as in the old days. Let peace and wealth
come cresting through the land.
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 24, lines 531-538. Zeus agrees with Athena after she pleads that there should be pacts of peace between the two sides in the war between Odysseus and the suitors. Since Odysseus has taken his revenge, Zeus says that there should be an end to the bloody slaughter.