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'''Penelope''' was the wife of [[Odysseus]], a [[Greece|Greek]] hero and King of [[Ithaka]] in [[Homer]]'s [[Odyssey]].
'''Penelope''' was the wife of [[Odysseus]], a [[Greece|Greek]] hero and King of [[Ithaka]] in [[Homer]]'s [[Odyssey]].


==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 thread until he returned.<ref>''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]'' – The Life of a Greek Woman: "Weaving"</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]]'' – 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'd make her choice when she finished her shroud.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Shroud of Penelope]]</ref>
 
At some point in her life, Penelope possessed a prized [[Shroud of Penelope|shroud]], which she had stored in her husband's [[Odysseus's Palace|palace]] in Ithaka.<ref name="Penelope's Shroud" />


==Legacy==
==Legacy==
In the 5th century BCE, the shroud was stolen by a group of bandits. In 431 BCE, [[Elpenor]] requested the [[Sparta]]n [[mercenary]] [[Kassandra]] to travel to the palace and retrieve the shroud. When Kassandra returned with the shroud, Kassandra was convinced by Elpenor to keep it.<ref name="Penelope's Shroud">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Penelope's Shroud]]</ref>
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 [[bandit]]s had stolen it from him, and taken it to their hideout within the ruins of [[Odysseus' Palace]] on the island of [[Ithaka]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Fancy Guests]]</ref> After meeting the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|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.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Penelope's Shroud]]</ref>


==Appearances==
==Appearances==

Revision as of 13:48, 2 June 2020


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'd 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

References

  1. Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece – The Life of a Greek Woman: "Weaving"
  2. Assassin's Creed: OdysseyShroud of Penelope
  3. Assassin's Creed: OdysseyFancy Guests
  4. Assassin's Creed: OdysseyPenelope's Shroud