As portrayed in Homer\'s Odyssey , Penelope - wife of Odysseus and cousin of the beautiful Helen of Troy - has become a symbol of wifely duty and devotion, enduring twenty years of waiting when her husband goes to fight in the Trojan War.
When Odysseus finally comes home, he kills.
As she fends off the attentions of a hundred greedy suitors, travelling minstrels regale her with news of Odysseus\' epic adventures around the Mediterranean - slaying monsters and grappling with amorous goddesses.
As portrayed in Homer\'s Odyssey , Penelope - wife of Odysseus and cousin of the beautiful Helen of Troy - has become a symbol of wifely duty and devotion, enduring twenty years of waiting when her husband goes to fight in the Trojan War
