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Penelope
In Homer's ''Odyssey'', Penelope ( ; (ギリシア語:Πηνελόπεια, ''Pēnelópeia'', or Πηνελόπη, ''Pēnelópē'')) is the faithful wife of Odysseus, who keeps her suitors at bay in his long absence and is eventually reunited with him.
Her name has traditionally been associated with marital faithfulness,〔J.W. Mackail, with ''Penelope in the Odyssey'' (Cambridge University Press, 1916), epitomizes the traditional view of the dutiful Penelope.〕 and so it was with the Greeks and Romans, but some recent feminist readings offer a more ambiguous interpretation.〔Marylin A. Katz, ''Meaning and Indeterminacy in the Odyssey'' (Princeton University Press, 1991) ''〕
==Etymology==
The origin of her name is believed by Robert S. P. Beekes to be Pre-Greek and related to ''pēnelops'' (πηνέλοψ)〔R. S. P. Beekes, ''Etymological Dictionary of Greek'', Brill, 2009, p. 1186.〕 or ''pēnelōps'' (πηνέλωψ), glossed by Hesychius as "some kind of bird"〔(Γλῶσσαι ).〕 (today arbitrarily identified with the Eurasian wigeon, to which Linnaeus gave the binomial ''Anas penelope''), where ''-elōps'' (-έλωψ) is a common Pre-Greek suffix for predatory animals;〔(Zeno.org lemma ) relating πηνέλωψ (gen. πηνέλοπος) and (<χην(ά)λοπες>· ὄρνεα (predators) ποιά. ὅπερ ἔνιοι <χηναλώπεκες> ).〕 however, the semantic relation between the proper name and the gloss is not clear. In folk etymology, ''Pēnelopē'' (Πηνελόπη) is usually understood to combine the Greek word ''pēnē'' (πήνη), "weft", and ''ōps'' (ὤψ), "face", which is considered the most appropriate for a cunning weaver whose motivation is hard to decipher.〔For the mythology of weaving, see Weaving (mythology).〕
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