Book 23

• Patroclus' ghost appears to Achilles and tells him that he must bury his body
• Firewood is collected for Patroclus' Pyre
• Aphrodite and Apollo preserve Hector's body
• Achilles cuts a lock of his hair and puts it on Patroclus' Pyre
• Patroclus' ashes are collected in a golden Urn
• Diomedes wins the chariot race
• Epeius wins the boxing match
• Ajax and Odysseus wrestle and end in a draw
• Odysseus with the help of Athene wins the foot race
• Ajax and Diomedes draw in armed combat
• Achilles gives Agamemnon the uncontested victory in spear throwing