Who was the lady in Homer's epic who sewed her lover's sweater during the day and undid it at nite after promising another suitor she'd marry him if Ulysses didn't get home before she finished?
2007-01-10 14:08:57 · 6 answers · asked by Gail 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The answer is Penelope, wife of Ulysses. And the whole story is this. Ulysses had been away from home for 20 years, and suitor came to his palace asing to marry Penelope, his wife, and rule the country in Ulysses' stead. Penelope couldn't get out of this situation, so she promissed them that she would choose one of them when she would finish weaving whatever she was weaving at that point. But in order to gain time, because she loved Ulysses and didn't want to marry another man, at night she unwove what she wove during the day. So this way she fooled them for a long time
2007-01-10 15:06:38 · answer #1 · answered by Ana 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Penelope, wife of Ulysses, King of Ithaca. He was a long time coming home from the Trojan War--20 years. Also, the man was not her lover, but one of many suitors, who also thought Ulysses would never return. In the followup, Ulysses and their son Telemachus slew all the suitors.
2007-01-10 22:11:54 · answer #2 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Penelope
2007-01-10 22:12:58 · answer #3 · answered by WindWalker10 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Penelope, queen of Ithaca and wife of Ulysses.
2007-01-10 22:13:15 · answer #4 · answered by Juan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Odysseus's wife, I forget her name. She waited 20 years. That is loyality.
2007-01-10 22:12:59 · answer #5 · answered by Dane 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you might have to read, sucka.
2007-01-10 22:11:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋