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Odysseus continues his reign as king and is now a hero.

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Athena brings back Odysseus' youth, making him appear younger and more muscular than before he had left. Penelope is unable to recognize Odysseus and tells her servant to allow Odysseus to sleep outside. Odysseus then reveals the secret of the bed, confirming his identity: "An old trunk of olive grew like a pillar on the building plot,
and I laid out our bedroom round that tree, lined up the stone walls, built the walls and roof, gave it a doorway and smooth-fitting doors" (23.41-44).

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Odysseus, with the help of his servants and Telemachus, kill the suitors for lusting for Penelope: "'You yellow dogs, you thought I'd never make it home from the land of Troy. You took my house to plunder, twisted my maids to serve your beds. You dared
bid for my wife while I was still alive. Contempt was all you had for the gods who rule wide heaven, contempt for what men say of you hereafter. Your last hour has come. You die in blood.'" (22.34-40)

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Now that Odysseus is awake, Athena explains the conditions Ithaca is in, "Grey-eyed Athena was the first to speak, saying: 'Son of Laërtês and the gods of old, Odysseus, master of land ways and sea ways, put your mind on a way to reach and strike a crowd of brazen upstarts. Three long years they have played master in your house: three years trying to win your lovely lady, making gifts as though betrothed. And she? Forever grieving for you, missing your return, she has allowed them all to hope, and sent messengers with promises to each— though her true thoughts are fixed elsewhere'" (13.433-445). Fearful, Odysseus begins to think of the fate of Agamemnon. Athena assures him that he can disguise himself to see who in his kingdom still remains loyal to him: "'Now, for a while, I shall transform you; not a soul will know you, the clear skin of your arms and legs shriveled, your chestnut hair all gone, your body dressed in sacking that a man would gag to see, and the two eyes, that were so brilliant, dirtied— contemptible, you shall seem to your enemies, as to the wife and son you left behind'" (13.464-470).

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Poseidon, upset at Zeus that he helped Odysseus reach Ithaca, turns the returning ship into stone. Odysseus is unaware of this, as he is sleeping. Athena conjures a mist to protect Odysseus while he slumbers. When he awakes, he is unable to recognize his home: "Meanwhile, on his island, his father’s shore, that kingly man, Odysseus, awoke, but could not tell what land it was after so many years away; moreover, Pallas Athena, Zeus’s daughter, poured a grey mist all around him, hiding him from common sight—for she had things to tell him and wished no one to know him, wife or townsmen, before the suitors paid up for their crimes" (13.218-226).

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After having relayed what he has done after the Trojan War had ended, Odysseus is presented with a ship and crew to aid him in navigating to Ithaca. Akinoos, touched, says "'When you came here to my strong home, Odysseus, under my tall roof, headwinds were left behind you. Clear sailing shall you have now, homeward now, however painful all the past'" (13.4-8).

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Odysseus, without a ship or crew, is stranded on Sicily, where Calypso resides. Odysseus longs for home and attempts at building ships to escape, but Calypso doesn't allow such and keeps him for 7 years. That is up until Athena brings it to Zeus' attention: "'Meanwhile he lives and grieves upon that island in thralldom to the nymph; he cannot stir, cannot fare homeward, for no ship is left with him, fitted with oars - no crewmen or companions to pull him on the broad back of the sea'" (5.15-19). Zeus, unable to deny the wishes of his daughter, sends Hermes to deliver a message to Calypso to release Odysseus. Hermes goes on to tell Calypso she must allow him to leave and so Odysseus finds himself meeting Alkinoos, where he tells Alkinoos the adventures he experienced up until that point in time.

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After Odysseus meets with Tiresias, he is warned about the Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis - monsters that threaten his and his crew's safety. Odysseus must make the choice of losing all his men to Charybdis, or six to Scylla: "No, hug the cliff of Scylla, take your ship on a racing stroke. Better to mourn six men than lose them all, and the ship, too" (12.68-70). Odysseus decides to sacrifice six of his men, as instructed by Circe. After doing so, they reach Thrinacia, island of the cattle god. Odysseus had hoped to have avoided the island, as he was told that his men would kill the cattle and anger Helios. Odysseus warns his crew: "‘Old shipmates, our stores are in the ship’s hold, food and drink; the cattle here are not for our provision, or we pay dearly for it. Fierce the god is who cherishes these heifers and these sheep: Helios; and no man avoids his eye’" (12.853-856). While Odysseus takes a nap, Eurylochus defies his orders and convinces the other shipmates to kill off the cattle to eat and sacrifice the highest quality to Helios. Helios finds out about this and has the men punished and shipwrecked, all except Odysseus who manages to wash up on the shores of Calypso's island.

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Odysseus and his men attempt to navigate themselves to their homes, but encounter many inconveniences. First, his men raided the Island of Cicones: "Plunder we took, and we enslaved the women, to make division, equal shares to all - but on the spot I told them: ‘Back and quickly! Out to sea again!’” (9.45-48) After such, the shipmen were faced with Lotus Eaters, which were avoided because those who had ate the lotuses had no longer desired to go home. Then came about the Cyclops: "Cyclops, if ever mortal man inquire how you were put to shame and blinded, tell him Odysseus, raider of cities, took your eye: Laertes’ son, whose home’s on Ithaca!"(9.361-364) Shortly after, Odysseus meets an enchantress named Circe that advises him to go to the Land of The Dead, where Tiresias foretells his prophecy.

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The Trojan War ends, beginning Odysseus' long journey home.

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Athena, goddess of wisdom, assures Odysseus and his family that he will return home safely if he departs for the Trojan War.

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Trojan War begins. Odysseus is demanded to help fight in the war

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Odysseus and his wife birth a son named Telemachus. They reign over Ithaca.