Pretty much what happened was all hell broke loose in the hall. Odysseus shot an arrow at a person then revealed himself. people tried to calm him down but then him and his allies attacked. athena came and helped after a while just so she could see what kind of man he really is. i believe they had all the right to do what they did, the suitors had been nothing but trouble for that whole family and now it was all over and things can go back to the way they were before he ever left.