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Penelope
Penelope by Leonidas Drosis, National Glyptotheque of Greece
In-universe information
Title(s)	Queen of Ithaca Princess of Lacedaemon & Acarnania Daughter of Icarius
Family	Icarius (father) Periboea or Dorodoche or Asterodea or Polycaste (mother) Alyzeus (brother/half-brother) Leucadius (brother/half-brother) Thoas (brother) Damasippus (brother) Imeusimus (brother) Aletes (brother) Perileos (brother) Iphthime (sister/half-sister)
Spouses	Odysseus Telegonus (in later sources)
Significant others	Apollo (in later sources) Hermes (in later sources)
Children	Telemachus (in the Odyssey) Poliporthes, Arcesilaus, Italus, Mamilia (in later sources) Pan (alternative versions)
Relatives	Perseus (great-grandfather) Andromeda (great-grandmother) Gorgophone (grandmother) Oebalus (grandfather) Tyndareus (paternal uncle) Leda (paternal aunt) Castor (paternal cousin) Pollux (paternal cousin) Clytemnestra (paternal cousin) Helen (paternal cousin)
Home	Lacedaemon
Nationality	Greek

Penelope (/pəˈnɛləpi/^[1] pə-NEL-ə-pee; Ancient Greek: Πηνελόπεια, Pēnelópeia, or Πηνελόπη, Pēnelópē)^[2] is a legendary mythological Greek Queen of Ithaca and Princess of Sparta or Acarnania, who plays a prominent character in Homer's Odyssey. She is the daughter of Spartan king Icarius and Naiad Periboea^[3] and mother to Ithacan prince Telemachus. Other myths claim that she later bore Poliporthes, Arcesilaus, Oenotrian King Italus, Princess Mamilia, and the God Pan.

The mythological Penelope is known for her fidelity to her husband Odysseus, despite the attention of more than a hundred suitors during his absence, alongside her great intelligence in weaving a multitude of schemes to keep her suitors at bay. In one source, Penelope's original name was Ameirake, Arnakia^[4] or Arnaia.^[5] She was considered a "standout" in both beauty and wits compared to others in her day, and so virtuous it was said that she surpassed even her cousin Helen in the beauty of her virtue.^[6]