- Penelope – Mythopedia
This would make Penelope “the weaveress,” an apt moniker that reflects both the literal weaving that plays an important role in her myth (see below), as well as her more metaphorical “weaving” of cunning plots to fend off her suitors Others have argued that Penelope’s name came from the Greek word pēnelops, which is a kind of duck
- Odysseus – Mythopedia
In some versions, Tyndareus simply made Icarius, Penelope’s father, marry his daughter to Odysseus But in other versions, Odysseus only won Penelope after he defeated her other suitors in a footrace The Trojan War Odysseus as Recruit and Recruiter In most accounts, Odysseus and Penelope were happy together
- Odyssey: Book 23 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Penelope scarcely credits her; but supposes some god has punished them, and descends from her department in doubt At the first interview of Ulysses and Penelope, she is quite unsatisfied Minerva restores him to the beauty of his youth; but the queen continues incredulous, till by some circumstances she is convinced, and falls into all the
- Odyssey: Book 21 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
How long in vain Penelope we sought! This bow shall ease us of that idle thought, And send us with some humbler wife to live, Whom gold shall gain, or destiny shall give ” Thus speaking, on the floor the bow he placed (With rich inlay the various floor was graced): At distance far the feather’d shaft he throws, And to the seat returns from
- Achilles – Mythopedia
Etymology The name Achilles (“Achilleus” is the Greek pronunciation) is an old one, found on tablets from the Mycenaean Period (ca 1700–1100 BCE)
- Odyssey: Book 18 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Penelope descends, and receives the presents of the suitors The dialogue of Ulysses with Eurymachus While fix’d in thought the pensive hero sate, A mendicant approach’d the royal gate; A surly vagrant of the giant kind, The stain of manhood, of a coward mind: From feast to feast, insatiate to devour, He flew, attendant on the genial hour
- Laertes - Mythopedia
Ulysses’ Revenge on Penelope’s Suitors by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1814) The Hirschsprung Collection, Copenhagen Public Domain Laertes in the Odyssey The most familiar portrait of Laertes comes from Homer’s Odyssey, an epic poem narrating Odysseus’ adventures on his voyage home to Ithaca
- Odyssey: Book 19 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Argument The Discovery of Ulysses to Euryclea Ulysses and his son remove the weapons out of the armoury Ulysses, in conversation with Penelope, gives a fictitious account of his adventures; then assures her he had formerly entertained her husband in Crete; and describes exactly his person and dress; affirms to have heard of him in Phaeacia and Thesprotia, and that his return is certain, and
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