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Penelope

Penelope

Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics vor 6 Jahren

Natalie Haynes tells of Penelope, the clever woman behind The Odyssey.

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Natalie Haynes tells stories of Penelope, the clever woman and
perfect wife behind The Odyssey.

Penelope fends off a hundred idiot would-be suitors with an
exhausting programme of weaving and un-weaving; is the ideal
single mother for most of her marriage and devises a cunning
trick to make sure her husband is really who he says he is. Also
she must have been a looker because Odysseus preferred her over
her cousin Helen, who was objectively the most beautiful woman in
the world.

Natalie finds new ways of thinking about ancient myths in this
locked-down version of her stand-up show, with the help of
Professors Edith Hall and Llewelyn Morgan.