Daughters of Penelope
Capital District #3
Women's Affiliate to the Order of AHEPA
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The Story of Penelope |
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“Penelope in ancient Greek legend, was the wife of Odysseus, King of Ithaca. Odysseus left her with their son, Telemachus when he went to the Trojan War. When the war ended, many mishaps and weary wanderings kept him from returning home. As time went on and he did not return home, may suitors claimed her hand. For a long while she put them off on a plea that she must finish a robe for Laertes, her father-in-law; but every night she unraveled what she had woven by day, thus remaining faithful to his memory and steadfast to the sanctity of her home. Finally, Odysseus appeared after an absence of twenty years…..and thus, the name Daughters of Penelope, in which the word Daughters symbolizes all the noble virtues which make up the character of Penelope.” |
