Penelope
Queen of Ithaca Princess of Lacedaemon & Acarnania
Penelope by Leonidas Drosis, National Glyptotheque of Greece
Abode	Sparta Ithaca
Genealogy
Born	Lacedaemon or Acarnania
Died	Arcadia
Parents	Icarius Naiad Periboea or Dorodoche or Asterodea or Polycaste
Siblings	Alyzeus Leucadius Perileos Iphthime Other Brothers
Spouse	Odysseus Telegonus
Offspring	Telemachus Poliporthes Pan Italus Mamilia

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Penelope (/pəˈnɛləpi/^[1] pə-NEL-ə-pee; Ancient Greek: Πηνελόπη, romanized: Pēnelópē)^[2] is a legendary mythological Greek queen of Ithaca who plays a prominent role in Homer's Odyssey as the wife of Odysseus. She is the daughter of Spartan king Icarius and the naiad Periboea,^[3] and the 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]