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Penelope

Penelope is wife of Odysseus. Homer’s Odyssey tells the story of how, during her husband’s long absence, many men from Ithaca and nearby islands become her suitors. To spare herself their importunities, she insists that they wait until she has woven a shroud for Laertes, the father of Odysseus. Every night, she unravels the piece that she has woven by day so that she will not have to give up hope for the return of her beloved husband. When Odysseus does return, she makes him prove his identity and then accepts him.