Melánthios gets the suitors arms; the herdsmen capture him; Athena appears.

In a spear-fight, the suitors die; Odysseus spares Phemios and Medon.

They cleanse the hall, punish the bad maids and Melánthios, call the women.

Eurykleía tells Penelope, who doubts, but goes to Odysseus, who awaits her.

A dance in the hall; Penelope tests Odysseus with his bed, then believes him.

They talk of the future, make love, tell stories; at dawn, Odysseus goes out.

The suitors’ spirits go to Hades; Agamemnon tells Achilles about his funeral.

The suitor Amphimédon tells Agamemnon of the suitors’ destruction.

At the farm, Odysseus, unrecognized, invents a story to test Laërtes.

Odysseus reveals himself; they go to the farmhouse and are welcomed.