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The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus Margaret Atwood
Publisher: Canongate U.S.

Doesn't quite sound like the good ol' Homeric epic we all read and loved, does it? The Penelopiad The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus (The Myths Series) (9781455839261) Margaret Atwood, Laural Merlington. Margaret Atwood : The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus (Myths, The) ? This is also the story of Penelope's twelve maids and their murder by Telemachus and Odysseus upon his return. A female Odysseus, a pleasant Penelope, and feminist maids. Title: The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus (Myths, The). The Penelopiad presents Penelope as a clever, witty and opinionated woman – for example, when she encounters Odysseus in disguise and recognises him immediately:. The Penelopiad tells the legendary story of Homer's Odyssey from the point of view of its hero Odysseus's intelligent and long-suffering wife, Penelope. The Penelopiad is Atwood's retelling of the myth of Odysseus (of The Odyssey) from the perspective of Penelope, Odysseus' wife, who waited at home for him for almost 20 years. Cover of "The Penelopiad: The Myth of Pen.