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Penelope

Penelope (/pəˈnɛləpi/ pə-NEL-ə-pee; Ancient Greek: Πηνελόπη) is the 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.

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related to Secondary sources · 118
Penelope → American Journal, American Philological Association, Amory, Ancient Greek Epic, Ann Arbor, Anne, Archaic Greek Epic, Arethusa, Audiences, Barbara, Beth, Bloomington, Carolyn, Catalogue, Charles, Chicago, Chicago Press, Classical Greek Literature, Classical Quarterly, Clayton
related to Later sources · 39
Penelope → According, AD Nonnus, After, Apollo, Apollodorus, Arcadia, Athena, Cicero, Circe, Circe's, Greek, Here, Hermes, Herodotus, Hyginus, In, Italus, Italy, Ithaca, Mantineia
related to Role in the Odyssey · 24
Penelope → Agelaus, Amphinomus, Antinous, Ctessippus, Demoptolemus, Elatus, Euryades, Eurymachus, Every, Icarius, Ithaca, King, Laertes, Melantho, Odysseus, Odysseus's, On Odysseus's, Peisander, Roman, She
related to Genealogy · 22
Penelope → Acarnania, According, Aside, Asterodea, Dorodoche, Geography, Homeric, However, Icarius, Iphthime, King, Lacedaemon, Laconian Icarius, Little, Lygaeus, Naiad, Odyssey, Penelope's, Periboea, Polycaste
related to Latin tradition · 16
Penelope → Horace, It, Latin, Martial, Middle Ages, Odysseus, Ovid, Plautus, Propertius, Renaissance, Roman, Saint Jerome, She, Statius, The, This
related to Etymology · 14
Penelope → Anas, Beekes, Eurasian, Glossed, Greek, Halcyon, Hesychius, However, In, Linnaeus, Olga Levaniouk, Pre-Greek, Pēnelopē, Robert
related to External links · 9
Penelope → Derby, English, Getty Museum, John William Waterhouse, Joseph Wright, Odyssey, Perseus ProjectPenelope Unravelling Her, Suitors, Web
related to Iconography · 5
Penelope → Attic, Greek, Odysseus's, Penelope Painter, Roman
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Penelope → daughter of Laconian Icarius, married woman
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Penelope → This legend inspired Sophocles's lost tragedy Odysseus Acanthoplex.In some early sources

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Penelopeis adaughter of Laconian Icarius0.90text
Penelopeis amarried woman0.90text
Poliporthesinstance ofDifferent sources describe her as the mother of figures0.80text
Arcesilausinstance ofDifferent sources describe her as the mother of figures0.80text
Italusinstance ofDifferent sources describe her as the mother of figures0.80text
Mamiliainstance ofDifferent sources describe her as the mother of figures0.80text
and the god Pan.The mythological Penelope is known for her fidelity to her husband Odysseusinstance ofDifferent sources describe her as the mother of figures0.80text
despite the attention of more than a hundred suitors during his absenceinstance ofDifferent sources describe her as the mother of figures0.80text
alongside her great intelligence in weaving a multitude of schemes to keep her suitors at bayinstance ofDifferent sources describe her as the mother of figures0.80text
Pindarinstance ofThis legend inspired Sophocles's lost tragedy Odysseus Acanthoplex.In some early sources0.80text
Pan's parents are Apolloinstance ofThis legend inspired Sophocles's lost tragedy Odysseus Acanthoplex.In some early sources0.80text
Penelopeinstance ofThis legend inspired Sophocles's lost tragedy Odysseus Acanthoplex.In some early sources0.80text

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