December 29th These Guests Outstayed Their Welcome Homer (fl. 850 B.C.). The Odyssey. Vol. 22, pp. 296-309 of The Harvard Classics After twenty years' absence, Odysseus returned home to find his house filled with strangers rioting and wasting his treasure. Crafty Odysseus, with the aid of his son and the gods, devised a bold plan to rid his home of the unwelcome guests.
