Penelope was the wife of Odysseus who waited over twenty years for him to return home to her. She was the daughter of Icarius of Sparta, brother of Tyndarus. Thus, she was the cousin of Helen and Clytemnestra. Odysseus admired her the most. AnswerParty!
Greek mythology is the body of myths and teachings that belong to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. It was a part of the religion in ancient Greece. Modern scholars refer to and study the myths in an attempt to throw light on the religious and political institutions of Ancient Greece and its civilization, and to gain understanding of the nature of myth-making itself.
Greek mythology is explicitly embodied in a large collection of narratives, and implicitly in Greek representational arts, such as vase-paintings and votive gifts. Greek myth attempts to explain the origins of the world, and details the lives and adventures of a wide variety of gods, goddesses, heroes, heroines, and mythological creatures. These accounts initially were disseminated in an oral-poetic tradition; today the Greek myths are known primarily from Greek literature. Odysseus
The Adventures of Odysseus is a book series by Glyn Iliffe. It consists of three books – King of Ithaca, The Gates of Troy, and The Armour of Achilles – the last of which was published in 2010. The three books are published by Pan Macmillan. The series is another version and point of view on Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.