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The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus Margaret Atwood
Publisher: Canongate U.S.

Which is the whole point of mythology. The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus (Myths, The) – Margaret Atwood returns with a shrewd, funny, and insightful retelling of the myth of Odysseus from the point of view of Penelope. Told from the perspective of Penelope and twelve of her maids, The Penelopiad recounts what happened to everyone left behind whilst Odysseus was on his many voyages after the Trojan War. Customers buy this book with The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus by. Was Penelope as loyal and devoted as she made out to be? The Penelopiad is part of the Canongate Myth series. So maybe that's why Atwood found Penelope so easy to recreate in The Penelopiad, her rewrite of the Greek myth of Penelope and Odysseus. How we see the maids, and how we see Penelope– hell, how we see women in myth– says as much about the story as it does about us. The series, called 'The Myths',. Thoughts: The good news is that The Penelopiad definitely passed the test of time for me. The Penelopiad is Atwood's retelling of the myth of Odysseus (of The Odyssey) from the perspective of Penelope, Odysseus' wife, who waited at home for him for almost 20 years.