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What does a faithful person look like to you? A kind and caring person? One who is loyal? One who would put another's needs above their own? In the book, “The Odyssey,” Penelope, (Odysseus' wife), is all of these things.

The stories found in Greek mythology are often the subjects of both visual and literary works. The myth of Penelope and Odysseus and their eventful marriage is one such story. Penelope is the daughter of Icarius and Periboea and the wife of Odysseus. Odysseus was sent to fight in the Trojan War the day his son was born. After the war, he angered the gods by not thanking them, so he was lost at sea for ten years after the war while trying to get back to Ithaca. Their son, Telemachus, helps her protect their house from the suitors who are trying to take Odysseus’s throne. In the painting Penelope and the Suitors, John Williams Waterhouse uses the scene where Penelope is being harassed by the suitors to show that she is irritated with the

The Odyssey, written by Homer, tells the story of Odysseus after the Trojan War. It not only includes an insight on the adventures and return of Odysseus, but it also includes the stories of Telemakhos and Penelope. Telemakhos is the courageous son of Odysseus who goes on a quest in search for information about his father’s whereabouts. Penelope is an extremely clever woman who could match Odysseus in his wit. Penelope is able manipulate the suitors that have come to pursue her in Odysseus’s absence. Though Penelope often spends many nights weeping over the absence of her husband, it seems as if she never loses faith in her husband, and she truly believes that he will return to her and punish the suitors that have taken over their

Odysseus was clever. Odysseus left his home, and his wife penelope in ithaca, to fight in the trojan war. Odysseus took care of his crew within his best ability and always came up with elaborate ideas to get them out of situations. In the beginning of the story, Odysseus comes along to meet the cyclops.

Penelope is Odysseus's wife. Penelope raises her and Odysseus’s son, Telemachus, for 20 years by herself. She had to raise Telemachus alone since he was a newborn when Odysseus had gone to fight in Battle of Troy. Penelope stayed loyal to Odysseus by staying unmarried for 20 years. Near the end of the years, in order to save her kingdom, she decides to marry another. However, she played many tricks and challenges to stall time, hoping her husband would come back. Penelope played two clever tricks. The first of which is known as “Special Ones.” Which is a trick where she is “sending promises to each man privately” (Homer 2, 95). She promised every man that he is the one in order to buy herself time. Penelope using hope that Odysseus might come home one day as motivation for her tricks. The second trick is called “Am I really done?” “Am I really done?” ,in which she asked, “Young Men, my suitors, now my lord is dead, let me finish my weaving before I marry” (2, 100 - 101) and the suitors agreed because they didn't want the thread to be “spun in vain” (2, 102). The mischievous part is “every night by torchlight she unwove it.” (2, 109) Penelope stayed loyal toward

The Perception of Faithfulness Faithfulness is an essential part of a culture’s beliefs. Staying loyal is praised, and respected by many cultures. This loyalty and devotion is rewarded. In Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey, the characters’ faithfulness and loyalty are perceived to be important traits. These traits are portrayed in Athena, the goddess of war, who stays loyal to Odysseus, by assisting him to execute his missions.

As you know, many suitors came to her and asked her to marry them but she said no. One of the clever ways she got out of marriage was when she told the a suitor that after she finished weaving she would marry him, but the suitor did not know that after she wove, she would just keep starting over so that the weaving would never end. Penelope was also very clever when she asked the maid to move her bed outside into the hall. This was clever because Penelope knew that if it were really Odysseus he would know that that would not be possible because Odysseus made the bed himself, and would know that it's built into the house. In book 23, the author exclaims, “Their secret! as she heard it told, her knees grew tremulous and weak, her heart failed her. With eyes brimming tears she ran to him, throwing her arms around his neck, and kissed him,...” (Homer 1164). This quote shows that Penelope's trick worked because Odysseus knew that she couldn’t move it, so Penelope knew that it was really Odysseus. Penelope was very happy that Odysseus was home and begged for his forgiveness for her not believing that it was really

Odysseus is the husband to Queen Penelope and father to Prince Telemachus. He struggles to return to Ithaca after the battle of the Trojan War. 20) Penelope - (pa-nel-oh-pee) Mother of Prince Telemachus, wife of King Odysseus, she awaits the return of her husband after 20 years while caring for her son,

My father’s brother, Uncle Tyndareus, father of Helen …. helped him to do it.” (Atwood 35). During Penelope’s life she thought that Odysseus had won her fair and square, but after she died she learned the truth that he had cheated with the help of her uncle. While Odysseus was lost at sea, many rumors of his “heroic tasks” were brought to Penelope by other ships. Though at the time she believed them, in the Underworld she learned the truth:

While traditional readers of Homer’s, The Odyssey, view Odysseus as a hero, they often reduce Penelope to Odysseus’s helpless wife, but Penelope is more than just a damsel-in-distress. Penelope proves to be Odysseus’s heroic equal, as through her resilient, witty and strategic actions she ensures Odysseus fighting advantages over the suitors.

Odysseus and Penelope are one of the oldest and greatest love stories ever known. The couple is most known for their perseverance through the many hardships in life. It’s a classic story showing that love trumps all. However, there is much more to the story than people actually know. It’s a story about hospitality, loyalty, perseverance, vengeance, spiritual growth.

To continue, Penelope desires to restore her oikos with her heroic patience. For instance, Penelope desperately desires for her oikos to be complete by having her son, Telemachus, and husband, Odysseus, back home in Ithaca, “But now my son, my darling boy-the whirlwinds have ripped him out of the halls without a trace! I never heard he’d gone- not even from you, you hard, heartless … not one of you even thought to rouse me from my bed, though well you knew when he boarded that black ship” (4:819-824). With already losing her husband for ten years, she is informed that her son, Telemachus, has left Ithaca and the suitors plan to ambush

In Homer’s “The Odyssey” Penelope, the wife of Odysseus, plays a pivotal role in advancing the plot through her mental strength and wit. While Odysseus is away, Penelope is bombarded by suitors wishing to take his as her husband. Penelope is

Odysseus has been gone for twenty years, leaving behind his wife Penelope and son Telemachus. For twenty years Penelope is waits faithfully for her husband, never remarrying and raising a son by herself. An example of Penelope’s loyalty is read in book II “Young men - my suitors, since Odysseus is dead - Eager

"For my mother, against her will, is beset by suitors... (Odyssey 2.50)."  Assuming that Odysseus had died in the course of the war, they wish to marry her, although no news has yet been delivered as to Odysseus' true fate.  Meanwhile, the suitors are eating all her food, killing off all her livestock, and generally using up all the resources of the household (Odyssey 1.248-251).  Elders of the town suggest Penelope forget her pride and go home to her father and for him to arrange a new wedding for her.  "Let him urge his mother to go back to her father's, / and they shall appoint the marriage and arrange for the wedding presents... (Odyssey 2.195-196)"  Thus, the suitors pose multiple dangers for Penelope.  If the suitors ruin all the household's resources, or if one were to successfully persuade her to marry him, she would lose her power position.  Likewise, if the resources run out and she is forced to move back in with her father, she would lose both her power position and her autonomy.