As portrayed in Homer's _Odyssey_, Penelope - wife of Odysseus and
cousin of the beautiful Helen of Troy - has become a symbol of wifely
duty and devotion, enduring twenty years of waiting when her husband
goes to fight in the Trojan War. As she fends off the attentions of a
hundred greedy suitors, travelling minstrels regale her with news of
Odysseus' epic adventures around the Mediterranean - slaying monsters
and grappling with amorous goddesses. When Odysseus finally comes
home, he kills her suitors and then, in an act that served as little
more than a footnote in Homer's original story, inexplicably hangs
Penelope's twelve maids.
Now, Penelope and her chorus of wronged maids tell their side of the
story in a new stage version by Margaret Atwood, adapted from her own
wry, witty and wise novel.
_The Penelopiad_ premiered with the Royal Shakespeare Company in
association with Canada's National Arts Centre at the Swan Theatre,
Stratford-upon-Avon, in July 2007.
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ISBN
9780571319008
Publisert
2015
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Faber & Faber
Språk
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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