Penelope: A Loyal WIfe

Penelope: A Loyal Wife


Have you ever heard of a woman who was so loyal to her husband that people had to force her to remarry? I have and her name is Penelope. Penelope married a man named Odysseus. He went to fight in the Trojan War and never returned until about 10 years later (185 Hamilton, Edith.) While he was gone people thought he was dead. So, everyone wanted Penelope to remarry. Penelope did not want to remarry so she tricked people saying that she would marry a man once she was finished weaving. She would weave during the day then undo it at night. Finally someone caught her. Right when she was to marry Odysseus came back and killed everyone that tried to force her to remarry (Stewart, Michael.) Penelope possessed all the qualities that and ideal women in Greek mythology would have.

Penelope was a very loyal and devoted wife to her husband. She believed in him even though people were forcing here to remarry. She thought that he was alive when everyone else told her that he was dead. Penelope showed that when a man and a woman truly love each other, things in the end will all work out for the best. She could have chosen some of the other guys. He would have taken care of her and become the king. Then if Odysseus came back they would kill him. It was good that Odysseus came back when he came because she really didn’t want to get married again (Stewart, Michael.) She also was very intelligent.

Penelope was a very smart and beautiful woman. She was smart when she tricked the people saying that she would remarry when she was done weaving. She weaved during the day then undid it at night. That lasted about three days before someone caught her (Athena, Ailia.) She was smart to think of that plan to help stall so she could wait for Odysseus. Penelope was also very pretty. She had brown hair and dark eyes. Lots of men wanted to marry Penelope.

Any man in her village would want to marry her. An example of a man who wanted to marry Penelope is Telegonus (her son). He was the man that she would have married if Odysseus never came back. Actually in some myths about Penelope it says that she does end up marring him. And when Odysseus comes back Odysseus gets killed by his son so that he would not get in the way of his marriage with his mother (Athena, Ailia.)I don’t think that that myth of Penelope is very accurate compared to the other myths about her.

Penelope was a person who possessed all the qualities of Greek mythology woman. She was loyal and devoted to her husband; smart by tricking people so she wouldn’t have to remarry and is a very pretty person, so pretty that everyone wanted to marry her. So when you hear about Greek women who possess all the qualities of Greek mythology, think of Penelope the wife of Odysseus.