The Penelopiad

Characters
  • Odysseus

    Odysseus

    A legendary Greek king of Ithaca and a hero of Homers epic poem the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homers Iliad.Husband of Penelope, father of Telemachus, and son of Laërtes and Anticlea, Odysseus is renowned for his brilliance, gu...

  • Penelope (wife of Odysseus)

    Penelope (wife Of Odysseus)

    In Homers Odyssey, Penelope is the faithful wife of Odysseus, who keeps her suitors at bay in his long absence and is eventually reunited with him.more...

  • Telemachus

    Telemachus

    Telemachus (Greek: Τηλέμαχος, Tēlemakhos, literally "far-fighter") is a figure in Greek mythology, the son of Odysseus and Penelope. When Odysseus had been absent for twenty years, and Penelope was being urged to marry one of the insolent and unruly suito...

  • Eurycleia

    Eurycleia

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  • Helen of Troy

    Helen Of Troy

    In Greek mythology, Helen is the daughter of Zeus and Leda and sister of Castor, Pollux, and Clytemnestra. She was wed to king Menelaus of Sparta, but later kidnapped by Trojan Paris, thus sparking the Trojan War, earning her the metonymous epithet "The f...