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Penelope

Πηνελόπεια
mortalthe faithful wife of Odysseus

Queen of Ithaca, faithful wife of Odysseus; she warded off the suitors for twenty years while her husband was away.

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Penelope is the wife of Odysseus and queen of Ithaca. During her husband's long absence (first the ten years of the Trojan War, then the ten years of his wanderings), she was besieged by suitors who pressed her to remarry. She delayed them with the ruse of weaving a shroud by day and unwinding it by night, remaining faithful to Odysseus until his return [S3]S3 · Homer, Odysseyc. 725 BCEtextOpen source ↗.
Worth knowing
  • Feigned to weave a shroud for Laertes, unwinding it each night to delay the suitors [S3]S3 · Homer, Odysseyc. 725 BCEtextOpen source ↗.
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Family & kinship

PARENT_OFTelemachus — Penelope is the (mortal) mother of Telemachus.[S3]

Partners

PARTNER_OFOdysseus — Odysseus and Penelope are married.[S3]
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