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Historical person
Penelope is the wife of Odysseus in Homeric tradition and the central figure of the Ithacan household during his long absence. She delays remarriage by weaving and unweaving a shroud, tests the returned Odysseus and embodies intelligence, endurance and the ambiguities of loyalty.
Madeline Miller’s Circe places Penelope within a narrative shaped by family, marriage and personal loyalty, social change and the pressures of ordinary life, and court politics and dynastic power.
Series
The Odysseus novels retell the life of the king of Ithaca in his own voice, beginning with his youth and ending with his return from Troy. The first book follows the experiences, alliances and oath that draw him into the Trojan War; the second recounts the long voyage…
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Standalone books
