And Ulysses, being apprized of the state of things at home, came to his servant Eumaeus in the guise of a beggar,As to the meeting of Ulysses and Eumaeus, see Hom. Od. 14.1-492; Hyginus, Fab. 126. and made himself known to Telemachus,As to the meeting and recognition of Ulysses and Telemachus, see Hom. Od. 16.1-234. and arrived in the city. And Melanthius, the goatherd, a servant man, met them, and scorned them.See Hom. Od. 17.184-253. On coming to the palace Ulysses begged food of the suitors,See Hom. Od. 17.360-457. and finding a beggar called Irus he wrestled with him.See Hom. Od. 18.1-107; Hyginus, Fab. 126. In Homer it is in a boxing-match, not in a wrestling-bout, that Ulysses vanquishes the braggart beggar Irus. Hyginus, like Apollodorus, substitutes wrestling for boxing. But he revealed himself to Eumaeus and Philoetius, and along with them and Telemachus he laid a plot for the suitors.See Hom. Od. 21.188-244.