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faithful wife delays remarriage by weaving stratagem

faithful_wife_delays_remarriage_by_weaving_stratagem

A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Faithful Spouse. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

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1 traditions

greek

  • The Odyssey BOOK XXI / BOOK XXII / BOOK XXIII / BOOK XXIV; lines 10446-10532 confidence: high

    Penelope sets up a large tambour frame and says the suitors should wait until she completes a pall for Laertes, lest her needlework skill go unrecorded and women criticize the absence of a pall.

    Penelope postpones marriage by weaving a pall by day and undoing it at night, and Agamemnon praises her fidelity.

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