Penelope

, National Glyptotheque of Greece Penelope ( ; , ) is the legendary wife of Odysseus and queen of Ithaca in Homer's Odyssey. She is the daughter of Spartan king Icarius, and the mother of Telemachus. Different sources describe her as the mother of figures such as Poliporthes, Arcesilaus, Italus, Mamilia, and the god Pan. The mythological Penelope is known for her fidelity to her husband Odysseus, despite the attention of more than a hundred suitors during his absence, alongside her great intelligence in weaving a multitude of schemes to keep her suitors at bay. In one source, Penelope's original name was Ameirake, Arnakia or Arnaia. She was considered exceptional in both beauty and wits compared to others in her day, and so virtuous it was said that she surpassed even her cousin Helen in the beauty of her virtue.

, National Glyptotheque of Greece Penelope ( ; , ) is the legendary wife of Odysseus and queen of Ithaca in Homer's Odyssey. She is the daughter of Spartan king Icarius, and the mother of Telemachus. Different sources describe her as the mother of figures such as Poliporthes, Arcesilaus, Italus, Mamilia, and the god Pan. The mythological Penelope is known for her fidelity to her husband Odysseus, despite the attention of more than a hundred suitors during his absence, alongside her great intelligence in weaving a multitude of schemes to keep her suitors at bay. In one source, Penelope's original name was Ameirake, Arnakia or Arnaia. She was considered exceptional in both beauty and wits compared to others in her day, and so virtuous it was said that she surpassed even her cousin Helen in the beauty of her virtue. Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website. Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project. Homer, Odyssey Translated by A. S. Kline. Online version at Poetry in Translation. Lactantius Placidus, Commentarii in Statii Thebaida Ovid, Heroides Translated by A.S. Kline. Online version at Poetry in Translation. Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Original Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library. Strabo, Geography with an English Translation, Books 1–5 translated by Hamilton and Falconer, text taken from the Bell Edition of 1903, now in the public domain, and Books 6–14 translated by Horace Leonard Jones, The Geography of Strabo (Harvard/Heinemann 1924). Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Original Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library. Odyssey in English on the Perseus Project Penelope Unravelling Her Web – a painting of Penelope by Joseph Wright of Derby (from the Getty Museum) Penelope and the Suitors, a painting by John William Waterhouse; explore other paintings depicting Penelope

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