In Greek mythology and Homer's 'Odyssey', what is the name of Odysseus's faithful wife who outwits dozens of predatory suitors for twenty years by repeatedly unweaving a burial shroud at night?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: D. Penelope

  1. Step 1: While Odysseus endures a decade of perilous ocean trials, his ancestral palace in Ithaca is besieged by more than a hundred arrogant suitors seeking the kingship.
  2. Step 2: Penelope promises to choose a husband once she finishes weaving a funeral shroud for Odysseus's elderly father Laertes, secretly unraveling the day's woven progress each night by torchlight.
Answer
Penelope
Why not the others: 'Helen of Troy' Helen was the Queen of Sparta whose abduction by Prince Paris of Troy launched the ten-year Trojan War; 'Clytemnestra' Clytemnestra was the treacherous Queen of Mycenae who murdered her husband Agamemnon upon his return from Troy; 'Andromache' Andromache was the loyal and tragic Trojan wife of Prince Hector who was captured following the sack of Troy.

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