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Sarah Denhard

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` Penelopes father is Icarius and her mother is

eitherPolycaste orPeriboea. She is the wife of

Odysseus and the mother of Telemachus.

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Laeretes and Anticlea

Odysseus

Icarius and Polycaste orPeriboea

Penelope

Telemachus Circe

Latinus

Chalcomedusaa

nd ArcisiusAutolycus and

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Chione and Hermes

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Telemachus with King Nestor: Odysseus killing Penelopes suitors.1888

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` It is said that as a child she was fed by sea-birds

because her parents threw her into the sea.

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` Penelopes father, Icarius, held a race to

determine which of her original suitors would

become her husband. Odysseus won and they

moved to Ithaca.

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Penelope and Odysseus by, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein

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` Her husband, Odysseus, is forced to leave Ithaca

to fight in the Trojan War with the Greeks. WhenOdysseus is gone, many men who want to marry

Penelope come. Penelope stays faithful, declines

the men, and awaits Odysseus, who comes back

after about twenty years.

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Penelope and the Suitors by, John William Waterhouse (1849- 1917)

http://www.mythindex.com/greek-mythology/P/Penelope.html

Penelope, while Odysseus is gonePenelope, while Odysseus is gone

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` She stayed faithful to Odysseus, even though he

did not return for twenty years. She is still thought

of as a symbol of integrity.

` Penelope was queen of Ithaca, so whenOdysseus was gone she controlled the country.

` She weaves a shroud for her father-in-law,

Laeretes, and unravels it at night to delay her

suitors.

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` "PENELOPE, Greek Mythology Index."MYTH INDEX, Greek Mythology. Web. 14 Mar. 2011.

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` "Odysseus' Family Tree."MusesRealm.Net. Web. 18 Apr. 2011.

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