Whose wife had deceived Odysseus?
Odysseus deceived his wife.
While Odysseus is with the Phaeacians a poet comes to perform three songs. One of the songs is about Hephaestus and his wife Aphrodite. Aphrodite and Ares fall in love though and Hephaestus catches them together. This song is juxtaposed with the story of Odysseus and his wife Penelope. Though Odysseus is away, she remains faithful to him.
When Odysseus did not return home, his kingdom was taken over by suitors who wanted to marry his wife, Penelope. Penelope had to live with the pain that her husband had not returned and that the suitors had taken over the palace using up everything that belonged to Odysseus. Odysseus being gone cause hardship among his wife as well as his son, Telémachus. Telémachus struggled if Odysseus was dead or alive. If he was dead…