\b0 Originally from \b \cf4 \ATXht11914 Sparta\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , she was \b \cf4 \ATXht12100 Ulysses\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0
' wife and waited ten years for his return. Pestered by suitors, she was able to keep them at bay with the excuse that she wanted to finish weaving a shroud for her father-in-law, Laertes, before making her choice. The work was never-ending because Penel
ope, in the secret hope that her husband would one day return to \b \cf4 \ATXht414 Ithaca\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , at night unraveled everything that she had woven during the day.