- Information
- wife of Odysseus
- Daughter of
- 👤 Icarios (Spartan) 👤 Periboia (Spartan) 👤 Polycaste (Acarnanian)
- Mother of
- 👤 Pan (god) 👤 Telemachos 👤 Poliporthes 👤 Arcesilaos
- Wife of
- 👤 Odysseus 👤 Telegonos (s. of Odysseus)
- Has children with
- 👤 Hermes 👤 Odysseus
- Born at
- 🌍 Sparta (Laconia) 🌍 Acarnania
- Creates
- 🏺 the Burial Shroud of Laertes
- Dies at
- 🌍 Ithaca (island) 🌍 Mantineia (Arcadia)
- Killed by
- 👤 Odysseus
- Buried at
- 🏛️ the Tomb of Penelope (Arcadia)
- Has post-mortem existence at
- 🌍 the Isles of the Blessed
- Dwelling
- 🏛️ the Palace of Odysseus (Ithaca)
- Related Entities
- 👤 Amphinomos 👤 Antinoos 👤 Aphrodite 👤 Arete 👤 Artemis 👤 Athena 👤 Circe 👤 Eumaios 👤 Hera 👤 Hermes 👤 Icarios (Spartan) 👤 Laertes 👤 Pan (god) 👤 Peisandros (suitor) 👤 Periboia (Spartan) 👤 Philoitios 👤 Leiocritos (suitor) 👤 Leiodes 👤 Melanthios (Ithacan) 👤 Menelaos 👤 Nestor 👤 Odysseus 👤 Telegonos (s. of Odysseus) 👤 Telemachos 👤 Theano (Trojan) 👤 Tyndareos 🌍 Sparta (Laconia) 🌍 Ithaca (island) 🌍 Pylos (Messenia) 🌍 Arcadia 🌍 the Isles of the Blessed 🌍 Aiaia (unlocatable) 👥 the Suitors of Penelope on Ithaca 🏛️ the Palace of Odysseus (Ithaca) 🏺 the Burial Shroud of Laertes 🏺 the Bow of Odysseus 🌍 Mantineia (Arcadia) 🌍 Acarnania 👤 Poliporthes 👤 Eurymachos (suitor II) 👤 Melantho (Ithacan) 🏺 the Statue of Aidos 🏛️ Aphetaid Road (Sparta) 🏺 the Statue of Athena Celeuthea 🏛️ the Tomb of Penelope (Arcadia) 👤 Nauplios (f. of Palamedes) 🏺 the Golden Necklace of Penelope 👤 Phemios 👤 Eurycleia 👤 Aigyptios 👤 Halitherses 👤 Mentor (Ithacan) 👤 Pisenor 👤 Medon (Ithacan) 👤 Dolios 👤 Iphthime (d. of Icarios) 👤 the Eidolon of Iphthime 👤 Theoclymenos (s. of Polypheides) 👤 Eurynome (Ithacan) 👤 Hippodameia (Ithacan) 👤 Autonoe (Ithacan) 👤 Eurydamas (suitor) 🏺 the Silver and Ivory Chair 🏺 the Golden Brooch of Odysseus 👤 Daughter of Actor (name unknown) 👤 Alyzos 👤 Leucadios 👤 Arcesilaos 🏛️ the Bed of Odysseus and Penelope 👥 Twelve Female Slaves of Penelope hanged by Telemachos 👤 Polycaste (Acarnanian)
- Mentioned by
- 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 3.7 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 7.31 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 7.33 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 7.35 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 7.37 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 7.38 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 7.39 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.10.6 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.10.9 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 768-800 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 801-819 📖 Pausanias 3.12.4 📖 Pausanias 3.13.6 📖 Pausanias 8.12.6 📖 Homer, Odyssey 1.213-1.229 📖 Homer, Odyssey 1.271-1.305 📖 Homer, Odyssey 1.325-1.364 📖 Homer, Odyssey 2.6-2.259 📖 Homer, Odyssey 2.50-2.59 📖 Homer, Odyssey 2.84-2.128 📖 Homer, Odyssey 2.224-2.227 📖 Homer, Odyssey 4.667-4.714 📖 Homer, Odyssey 4.735-4.741 📖 Homer, Odyssey 4.795-4.847 📖 Homer, Odyssey 11.152-11.224 📖 Homer, Odyssey 15.508-15.557 📖 Homer, Odyssey 16.112-16.134 📖 Homer, Odyssey 16.324-16.341 📖 Homer, Odyssey 16.342-16.447 📖 Homer, Odyssey 17.67-17.100 📖 Homer, Odyssey 17.492-17.504 📖 Homer, Odyssey 17.505-17.527 📖 Homer, Odyssey 18.158-18.184 📖 Homer, Odyssey 18.291-18.306 📖 Homer, Odyssey 18.320-18.336 📖 Homer, Odyssey 19.53-19.59 📖 Homer, Odyssey 19.65-19.95 📖 Homer, Odyssey 19.96-19.102 📖 Homer, Odyssey 19.123-19.161 📖 Homer, Odyssey 19.225-19.260 📖 Homer, Odyssey 21.42-21.81 📖 Homer, Odyssey 21.80-21.97 📖 Homer, Odyssey 21.140-21.269 📖 Homer, Odyssey 21.287-21.310 📖 Homer, Odyssey 21.359-21.434 📖 Homer, Odyssey 23.181-23.230 📖 Homer, Odyssey 23.288-23.296 📖 Homer, Odyssey 24.98-24.204 📖 Alcmaionid fr. 6 Davies 📖 Pausanias 3.20.10-3.20.11 📖 Pausanias 3.12.1-3.12.2 📖 Pausanias 9.41.1-9.41.5 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 7.26-7.33 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 7.32-7.33 📖 Telegony fr. 3 West 📖 Telegony fr. 4 West 📖 Telegony fr. 6 West 📖 Telegony Argumentum 4 West 📖 Asios fr. 10 West 📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 2.1 MacLeod 📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 2.2 MacLeod 📖 Lucian, A True Story 2.29 📖 Lucian, A True Story 2.35-2.36 📖 Lucian, Essays in Portraiture 20 📖 Lucian, Essays in Portraiture Defended 7 📖 Lucian, Essays in Portraiture Defended 25 📖 Lucian, The Runaways 21 📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Courtesans 12.1 📖 Strabo 10.2.9 📖 Ovid, Ibis 391-392 📖 Strabo 10.2.24 📖 Strabo 14.1.23 📖 Strabo 12.3.20-12.3.25 📖 Ovid, Amores 1.8 📖 Ovid, Amores 2.18 📖 Ovid, Amores 3.4 📖 Ovid, Amores 3.9
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, Epitome Apollodoros, Library Alcmaionid Lycophron, Alexandra Homer, Odyssey Telegony Pausanias Asios Strabo Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods Lucian, A True Story Lucian, Essays in Portraiture Lucian, Essays in Portraiture Defended Lucian, The Runaways Lucian, Dialogues of the Courtesans Ovid, Ibis Ovid, Amores
- Mentioned in citation of
- 📖 Homer, Odyssey 18.291-18.306 📖 Alcmaionid fr. 6 Davies 📖 Telegony fr. 3 West 📖 Homer, Odyssey 21.1-21.41 📖 Demetrios of Scepsis BNJ 2013 fr. 45 📖 Homer, Odyssey 17.1-17.44
- Depictions
- 🎨 "Melian" Terracotta Relief (CAMU Δ 2151) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa della Regina Margherita V 2, 1, Pompeii (LIMC Amymone 27; PALP r5-i2-p1-space-p) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa dei Cinque Scheletri VI 10, 2, Pompeii (MANN 9107, 9002, 8999; PALP r6-i10-p2-space-6) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa dei Dioscuri VI 9, 6.7, Pompeii (MANN 8998; PALP r6-i9-p6-space-53) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di Championnet I; VIII 2, 1, Pompeii (Pompeii 14231; PALP r8-i2-p1) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Market VII 9, 7, Pompeii (PALP r7-i9-p7-space-d)
- Reported depictions
- 🏛️ the Fourth-Century Temple of Ephesian Artemis at Ephesos
- Relevant to local traditions reported from of
- 🌍 Mantineia (Arcadia)