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Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad retells the story of the Odyssey from the perspective of Penelope and her Twelve Maids. The story is told in retrospect, with Penelope and the Maids in the afterlife reflecting on the events that occurred centuries before.
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Thousands of years after the events of the Odyssey, Penelope decides it is time to tell her side of the story from the Underworld, correcting the version of her that has been immortalized in literature as the loyal, devoted wife of the hero Odysseus.
In Homer's account in The Odyssey, Penelope—wife of Odysseus and cousin of the beautiful Helen of Troy—is portrayed as the quintessential faithful wife, her story a salutary lesson through the ages.
The Penelopiad. Margaret Atwood. Canongate Books, Nov 20, 2008 - Fiction - 224 pages. Penelope. Immortalised in legend and myth as the devoted wife of the glorious Odysseus, silently weaving...
Sep 1, 2021 · by Kelly Macquire. published on 01 September 2021. The Penelopiad is a retelling of the Odyssey from the perspective of Penelope from the Fields of Asphodel. She is reminiscing about her life from her childhood, through her 20 lonely years to her afterlife all whilst commenting boldly on the events and the people throughout her life.
