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Penelope. Drawing after Attic pottery figure. Penelope encounters the returned Odysseus posing as a beggar. From a mural in the Macellum of Pompeii. Penelope (/ p ə ˈ n ɛ l ə p i / [1] pə-NEL-ə-pee; Ancient Greek: Πηνελόπεια, Pēnelópeia, or Πηνελόπη, Pēnelópē) [2] is a character in Homer's Odyssey.
In the Odyssey, Homer describes Odysseus' journey home from Troy. Prior to the Trojan War , Odysseus was King of Ithaca , a Greek island known for its isolation and rugged terrain. [ 1 ] When he departs from Ithaca to fight for the Greeks in the war, he leaves behind a newborn child, Telemachus , and his wife, Penelope .
Illustration from Gustav Schwab of Odysseus killing the suitors Ulysses' revenge on Penelope's suitors (Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1814). In the Epic Cycle, Antinous (also Antinoüs; Latin: Antinous) or Antinoös (Ancient Greek: Ἀντίνοος, romanized: Antínoös), was the Ithacan son of Eupeithes, best known for his role in Homer's Odyssey.
Arnaeus, or Irus, as he is referred to for his connection as a messenger to the deity Iris, [2] is a character in Homer's Odyssey. He is a beggar in Ithaca who is willing to run messages for the Suitors of Penelope. He encounters Odysseus, disguised as a beggar, in Book 18 of the Odyssey.
In the Odyssey, Leodes, Leiodes or Liodes (/ l i ˈ oʊ d iː z /; Ancient Greek: Λειώδης, romanized: Leiṓdēs, lit. 'smooth, even') was an Ithacan diviner and a minor suitor of Penelope. [1] He had darkly predicted that Odysseus would return to avenge the suitors' abuse of hospitality.
The timeless tale unfolds across 24 non-linear books, chronicling the perilous, 10-year journey of Odysseus, the King of Ithaca, as he returns home after the Trojan War.
Phemius's audience is made up largely of the suitors of Penelope, who live in the house while attempting to persuade her to marry one of them.In Book 1 of the poem, Phemius performs at their request a version of the theme The Return from Troy (a theme that actually existed as a written poem, probably at a slightly later date).
In Greek mythology, more precisely in the epic tradition recounted in Homer's Odyssey, Dolius or Dolios (Ancient Greek: Δολίος, romanized: Dolíos) was a slave of Penelope whom she had received from her father Icarius on occasion of her marriage to Odysseus. He served as a gardener. [1]