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In "The Odyssey," the suitors die as punishment for their disrespectful and abusive behavior towards Penelope, Telemachus, and Odysseus' household. Their deaths also serve to restore order and justice to Odysseus' home and signify the re-establishment of Odysseus' authority as the rightful king.

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