Odyssey 21-24

Odysseus & Penelope

together at last!

Book XXI – Contest of the Bow

“Now the bright-eyed goddess Athene put it into the mind of Icarios’ daughter, the prudent Penelope, to set the bow before the suitors and the gray iron in Odysseus’ halls as a contest and a start for slaughter.”

• Odysseus reveals himself to Eumaeus and Philoitios, who know him by the scar

• He lays a plan to trap the suitors

Odysseus drawing the bow

Book XXII - Execution

12 Unfaithful Maids

Their Punishment

Book XXIII – Reunion of Odysseus and Penelope

Cartoon by Daumier

Book XXIV - Finalizing•Suitors’ souls are conducted to the underworld.•They are greeted by Agamemnon.•Odysseus goes to find his father.•Peace is made with families of the suitors