Wife of Ulysses, long‑awaiting her husband on Ithaca. She tests the stranger with questions about his past, recounts a prophetic dream, and plans a contest of axes to choose a new husband.
Relationships
sits_on
description: Penelope is seated on the silver‑ivory seat crafted by Icmalius while questioning the stranger.
asks
description: Penelope interrogates the stranger about his origin, attire, and identity.
tells
description: Penelope narrates a prophetic dream; Ulysses interprets it as foretelling the suitors’ demise.
plans
description: Penelope announces a contest involving twelve axes and a bow to choose a husband.
threatens
description: Penelope scolds Melantho for her insolence, calling her an impudent baggage.
commands
description: Penelope orders Euryclea to wash Ulysses’ feet and prepare a bed for him.