Book Eleven: The Kingdom of the Dead

Odysseus and his men sailed to the underworld, and summoned ghosts. Elpenor asked Odysseus to bury him, since he died from falling off the roof. Odysseus met with Tiresias, who told him to not slaughter the cattle of Helios if his entire crew wished to go home. If Odysseus were to escape, then he would be alone, late and broken. Tiresias told Odysseus that he will have to kill the suitors and sacrifice animals to Poseidon. Afterwards, Odysseus talked to his mother and mothers of famous greek heroes and kings. After talking to Alcinous about staying one more day, Odysseus launches into his story of meeting greek heroes and his deceased comrades. Odysseus found out about Aegisthus from Agamemnon, talked to Achilles about his son, and watched as people faced their eternal punishment before leaving the underworld. It was interesting to me how Agamemnon blamed Clytemnestra for  plotting to murder him, when it was the fault of both her an Aegisthus.