Question

"Good god almighty!" Antinous cut the beggar short. "What spirit brought this pest to plague our feast?" Back off! Into the open, clear of my table, or you, You'll soon land in an Egypt, Cyprus, to break your heart! What a brazen, shameless beggar!... About whom is Antinous speaking?

A) Eumaeus
B) Telemachus
C) Odysseus
D) Melanthius

Answer 1

C. Odysseus is who he is talking about

Answer 2

Answer: c) Odysseus

In order to have the element of surprise on his side, Odysseus disguises himself as a beggar. He does this when facing the suitors of Penelope. Athena has helped him achieve this look, to such an extent than he is unrecognizable. Therefore, when Antinous refers to the beggar, he is in fact referring to Odysseus.