Book Twenty Four: Peace

After a long story the book is over. I was honestly relieved. The suitors come down to the underworld while Agamemnon and Achilles talk about their deaths, Odysseus tests Laertes before finally revealing that he has returned. The parents of the suitors are angry and despite warnings, decide to attack. Athena makes Laertes strong and Antinous' father is killed before Athena stops the fighting and scares the suitors away. I was displeased with the sudden ending of the story, because it was so much faster paced than the rest of the book. Also, I was confused as to why Dolius would still like Odysseus after both Melantho and Melanthius (his children) were killed by him.