Penelope delayed her suitors for about three years. During this time, she promised to choose a husband after completing a weaving project, which she secretly unraveled each night to prolong the process. This clever tactic allowed her to maintain hope of Odysseus's return while fending off the advances of the wooers.
3 years
3 years
she made them fall asleep
By the time her son went out to find his father Odysseus, she had been putting of the wooers for three, almost four years.
In Homer's "The Odyssey," Penelope had been putting off the suitors for about three years. She cleverly delays the suitors by claiming she must finish weaving a burial shroud for her father-in-law, Laertes. Each night, she secretly unravels her work, maintaining the ruse and holding off the suitors until Odysseus returns.
3 years
3 years
she made them fall asleep
she made them fall asleep
By the time her son went out to find his father Odysseus, she had been putting of the wooers for three, almost four years.
In Homer's "The Odyssey," Penelope had been putting off the suitors for about three years. She cleverly delays the suitors by claiming she must finish weaving a burial shroud for her father-in-law, Laertes. Each night, she secretly unravels her work, maintaining the ruse and holding off the suitors until Odysseus returns.
twenty years
3 years
for 3 years, she would weave and undo the weave day and night !
a rabbit
Penelope ( weaving with bark ) is the wife of far-flung Odysseus, fending off suitors until her husband's return. In myth, she is also the mother of Pan, by Mercury, some say, or by all of the suitors (!). So, a Penelope is someone who puts off making a choice, or who keeps faith in the teeth of pressure to be 'reasonable" and abandon it.
Penelope ( weaving with bark ) is the wife of far-flung Odysseus, fending off suitors until her husband's return. In myth, she is also the mother of Pan, by Mercury, some say, or by all of the suitors (!). So, a Penelope is someone who puts off making a choice, or who keeps faith in the teeth of pressure to be 'reasonable" and abandon it.