"Now we're gonna discuss the thing what I said earlier" or

"Now we're gonna discuss the thing I said earlier"

is adding "What" to the first phrase after 'thing' makes any difference???​

No

Explanation:

It's not so much difference

Just like u can say ,,I said that I was late,, or ,,I said I was late,,

The same things

in what passage i'm sorry but i don't see anything there.

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.