The Penelopiad

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Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29

Themes

All Themes Storytelling, Textual Authority, and Falsehoods Class, Womanhood, and Violence Antiquity, Modernity, and Progress for Women Christianity vs. Greek Religion

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Characters

All Characters Penelope Odysseus Helen Eurycleia Telemachus The Suitors The Twelve Maids King Icarius of Sparta Penelope’s Mother (The Naiad) Menelaus Laertes Uncle Tyndareous Melantho of the Pretty Cheeks Palamedes The Fates

Symbols

All Symbols Weaving and Fiber Work The Maids’ Deaths Water

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Introduction

Plot Summary

Detailed Summary
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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29

Themes

All Themes
Storytelling, Textual Authority, and Falsehoods
Class, Womanhood, and Violence
Antiquity, Modernity, and Progress for Women
Christianity vs. Greek Religion

Quotes

Characters

All Characters
Penelope
Odysseus
Helen
Eurycleia
Telemachus
The Suitors
The Twelve Maids
King Icarius of Sparta
Penelope’s Mother (The Naiad)
Menelaus
Laertes
Uncle Tyndareous
Melantho of the Pretty Cheeks
Palamedes
The Fates

Symbols

All Symbols
Weaving and Fiber Work
The Maids’ Deaths
Water

Theme Wheel

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Churchill, Katherine. "The Penelopiad." LitCharts LLC, June 18, 2017. Retrieved November 20, 2019. https://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-penelopiad.

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