1. Book XX

2. Neither Odysseus nor Penelope slept well

3. Athena assures Odysseus he will prevail against the suitors

4. Next morn, when Odysseus hears Penny weeping, he prays to Zeus

5. Zeus sends thunder as a sign

6. A loyal maid hopes the thunder signals the deaths of the suitors

7. Servants readied the house for a feast day

8. Eumaeus arrives with some pigs

9. Telemachus dresses for battle

10. Melanthios the goatherd arrives and taunts the old beggar

11. Philoetius, the loyal cowherd arrived

12. The cowherd expresses sympathy for the beggar, who reminds him of Odysseus

13. Eumaeus and Philoetius pray for their masters safe return

14. All went inside and were served dinner

15. Suitor Ctesippus threw a heifers foot at the old beggar

16. Telemachus gives all of the suitors a sound scolding

17. Suitor Agelaus tells Telemachus he should order his mother to marry

18. Telemachus refuses, and Athena sets the suitors to witless laughter

19. Theoclymenus foretells disaster

20. He saw the walls dripping blood

21. And the ghosts of the suitors

22. Laughed at, Theoclymenus leaves

23. Hidden behind a pillar, Penelope has listened to the entire exchange

24. Book XXI

25. In the morning, Penelope retrieves Odysseus special bow

26. The bow was a gift from Iphitus, later killed in anger by Hercules

27. She carried the bow to the suitors

28. Penelope announces that she will marry the man who can easily string the bow and shoot an arrow through twelve axes.

29. Weeping, Eumaeus set the bow before the suitors

30. Telemachus set up the axes and tried three times to string the bow

31. He would have gotten it on the fourth try, but his father signaled him to stop.

32. Penelope invites suitors to try

33. The suitors are unable to string the bow

34. Outside the gates, Odysseus reveals himself to the swineherd and cowherd

35. The suitors decide to quit trying to string the bow for now. It is a feast day of Apollo, after all!

36. Athena urges Odysseus to try the bow

37. Led by Antinous, the suitors are outraged

38. But Penelope and her son both invite the beggar to try the bow

39. Eumaeus put the bow into the hands of Odysseus Eurycleia locks up the maids and Philoetius closes and locks the outer gates.

40. Odysseus easily strings the bow

41. He shoots an arrow

42. He wins the contest

43. Book XXII Slaying of Suitors

44. Book XXIII Man and Wife

45. Book XXIV