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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
While her husband went off to fight in the [[Trojan War]], Penelope remained loyal to her husband by staying home and weaving her shroud until he returned.<ref>''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]'' – [[Tours: The Life of a Greek Woman]]: "Weaving"</ref> Though haunted by suitors believing Odysseus had died in the war, she kept them at bay by promising she would make her choice when she finished her shroud.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Shroud of Penelope]]</ref> | While her husband went off to fight in the [[Trojan War]], Penelope remained loyal to her husband by staying home and weaving her shroud until he returned.<ref>''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece/The Life of a Greek Woman|Tours: The Life of a Greek Woman]]: "Weaving"</ref> Though haunted by suitors believing Odysseus had died in the war, she kept them at bay by promising she would make her choice when she finished her shroud.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Shroud of Penelope]]</ref> | ||
==Legacy== | ==Legacy== | ||
Revision as of 11:28, 21 November 2023
Penelope was the wife of Odysseus, a Greek hero and King of Ithaka in Homer's Odyssey.
Biography
While her husband went off to fight in the Trojan War, Penelope remained loyal to her husband by staying home and weaving her shroud until he returned.[1] Though haunted by suitors believing Odysseus had died in the war, she kept them at bay by promising she would make her choice when she finished her shroud.[2]
Legacy
By the Peloponnesian War, Penelope was largely remembered in stories. A piece of the shroud she'd woven had also survived, and ended up in the hands of Elpenor, a member of the Eyes of Kosmos branch of the Cult of Kosmos. However, he claimed bandits had stolen it from him, and taken it to their hideout within the ruins of Odysseus' Palace on the island of Ithaka.[3] After meeting the Spartan misthios Kassandra in 431 BCE, Elpenor tasked her to retrieve the shroud. Kassandra succeeded in this task, but upon returning to Elpenor, he gave the shroud to her.[4]
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (first mentioned)
- Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR (mentioned in Database entry only)
References
- ↑ Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece – Tours: The Life of a Greek Woman: "Weaving"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Shroud of Penelope
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Fancy Guests
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Penelope's Shroud