After Odysseus had succeeded at the archery task set by his wife, Penelope, in a competition for her hand in marriage, he began to massacre the suitors in order to regain his throne and family. The first suitor to die was Antinous, who had insulted and assaulted with a footstool an elderly beggar, who had been Odysseus in disguise. Odysseus shot an arrow through Antinous’s throat as Antinous was about to drink from his cup of wine.
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