- The Iliad ends with the funeral of Hector, the greatest Trojan warrior, who was killed by Achilles.
- Achilles, enraged by the death of his friend Patroclus, had dragged Hector's body around the walls of Troy in a display of disrespect.
- After Hector's father, King Priam, begs Achilles to return Hector's body, Achilles relents and allows Priam to take his son's body back to Troy for a proper burial.
The Odyssey:
- The Odyssey ends with Odysseus finally returning home to Ithaca after a ten-year journey following the fall of Troy.
- Odysseus, disguised as a beggar, reveals his true identity to his loyal wife, Penelope, and slays the suitors who have been vying for her hand in marriage.
- Odysseus is reunited with his son Telemachus and resumes his rightful place as king of Ithaca.