Book 24 in short: Peace

Hermes leads the ghosts of the suitors to the underworld, where they meet Agamemnon and Achilles. Odysseus goes to his father Laertes, who is old and living on a farm, and tests him before telling him who he is.

The families of the dead suitors gather to take revenge. Laertes kills Eupeithes, the father of Antinous. Athena then orders the fighting to stop and makes peace between the two sides.