Book 2.93-110; Book 19.137-156
Penelope's stratagem mirrors Odysseus's own metis (cunning intelligence).
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From The Odyssey by Homer
Penelope delays the suitors for years by weaving and unweaving Laertes's burial shroud, becoming the archetype of marital fidelity and cunning.
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