_3. Lapu-Lapu was a datu of Mactan in the Visayas. He is best known for the Battle of Mactan that happened at dawn on April 27, 1521.​

appeal to ethos is your answer.

in my opinion i think it was not excessive at all. the maids turned against the queen in his absence, how could he ever trust them again? if he let them go they would surely spread the news of the suitor's deaths, which is much too risky. as for the suitors, they were selfish, rude, and greedy. the god's had apparently marked them for death, meaning odysseus made their death come faster.