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Penelope

In Greek mythology, the wife of Odysseus, king of Ithaca; their son was Telemachus. She represented wifely faithfulness. While Odysseus was absent at the siege of Troy, she kept her many suitors at bay by asking them to wait while she completed a shroud for Laertes, her father-in-law; every night she unravelled her weaving. When Odysseus returned after 20 years, he and Telemachus killed her suitors.

Penelope

Opera by Baldassare Galuppi (libretto by Paolo Rolli), produced in London, at the King's Theatre, Haymarket, on 12 December 1741.

See also Circe and Penelope.



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The suitors of Penelope are buried by their kinsmen, and Odysseus, after sacrificing to the Nymphs, sails to Elis to inspect his herds.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
"I am Miss Morse," she replied,--"Miss Penelope Morse.
The Illustrious Prince by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
I have written to very poor purpose of my lady, if you require to be told that my little Penelope was taken care of, under my good mistress's own eye, and was sent to school and taught, and made a sharp girl, and promoted, when old enough, to be Miss Rachel's own maid.
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