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Why Is Odysseus Justified In His Own Actions

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After Odysseus reveals his identity a lot happens. Well when he comes home after this war a lot has been rearranged and Odysseus isn 't to happy bout it. Things were taken, wife was disrespected, and his house was just taken over by wooers and the maids. Yes I do believe Odysseus was justified in his own actions. The reason why is because of the way the wooers treated them while Odysseus was gone. Then when he gets home from the war he notices that all his belongings had been violated and taken from him. I do believe that everyone who was involved should have been punished. The wooers she had punished it was there plot on Odysseus to do this while he was away. They were all there taking his belongings and violating his things while he was

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