Margaret Atwood
Penelopiad
Paperback
(Faber & Faber Aug. 2, 2007)
, Main edition
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. 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. When Odysseus finally comes home, he kills her suitors and then, in an act that served as little more than a footnote in Homer's original story, inexplicably hangs Penelope's twelve maids. Now, Penelope and her chorus of wronged maids tell their side of the story in a new stage version by Margaret Atwood, adapted from her own wry, witty and wise novel.
- Series
- Faber Drama
- ISBN
- 0571239498 / 9780571239498
- Pages
- 112
- Weight
- 5.6 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 0.2 in.
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