We have long remembered Penelope as the woman who waited for Odysseus.

But did she really just wait?

Penelope, who wove by day and unraveled by night.

Numerous suitors pressured her into marriage and sought to seize Odysseus's wealth and kingdom, but Penelope did not back down easily.

What she chose was neither a sword nor a spear.

Instead, she defended her choice and the kingdom of Ithaca with wisdom, patience, and her own unique strategy.

In this video, we follow the story of Penelope in the Odyssey and encounter a Penelope beyond the image of the "waiting wife" we are familiar with.

Was her waiting truly waiting?

Or was it the quietest strategy?

📖 Bonadream

We look at the stories of figures from classics and myths from a new perspective. ※ This content is based on Homer's Odyssey and references some later traditions and interpretations.

🎨 Artworks used in the video

1. John William Waterhouse, Penelope and the Suitors, 1912, oil on canvas.

2. Nicolas-André Monsiau, Ulysses, after Returning to His Palace and Slaying Penelope's Suitors, 1791, oil on canvas.

3. Ixion Painter, Mnēstērophonía: Slaughter of the Suitors, red-figure bell-krater, c. 330 BCE.

4. Thomas Degeorge, Ulysse et Télémaque massacrent les prétendants de Pénélope, 1812.

5. Gustave Moreau, The Suitors (Les Prétendants), begun 1852, unfinished.

6. Francesco Primaticcio, Ulysses and Penelope, c. 1560, oil on canvas.

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