The suitors know they have no chance of surviving when

O they realize the beggar is Odysseus returned.
O Odysseus kills Antinous with his bow and arrow.
O they see the shape of Athena's shield above the hall.
O Telemachus arms Eumaeus and the cowherd.

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The suitors know they have no chance of surviving when they realize the beggar is Odysseus returned and they see the shape of Athena's shield above the hall.