Penelope is unique because she survived in a world dominated by men without any magical power, but thanks to her own strength. She defends her family and home from her enemies. The reason I chose Penelope as my subject is because I found her as a person, fictional or otherwise, very intriguing. The prominence of his character in the Odyssey is notable and noteworthy. The important role she played was to facilitate her husband and his return home, but the most intricate one is her impact on society and its rules described by Homer. Penelope was in the epic a woman who wielded power in a misogynistic society, and had to bend and break the rules to gain and justify the ascendancy she had over Ithaca. The rules of succession in Homeric society were strictly established by and for men. . The throne would remain within the family, from father to son or next of kin, or it would be taken by force by a male enemy. Throughout the Odyssey the audience is reminded that Telemachos will one day be Ithaca's legitimate successor; either due to the death of Odysseus or given by Odysseus at a later age, and at the same time it is remembered that Penelope must give up her power to her son or her returning husband. Women appear to have no place or rules that favor them in the succession process, as they were often depicted as impudent beings always under the tutelage of a relative. They don't seem to have any independence. In the Iliad Andromache, Hector's wife, was completely dependent on her husband, because her entire family was killed in a war, all she had was him: "-you are my father now, my noble mother, even a brother..." So it is no surprise that Penelope's power and ascendancy were perpetually in question... mid-card... oman and that she should quickly submit and become someone's wife and not housekeeper. It doesn't matter whether it's Telemachus or Penelope's father who cheats on her or approves of her new marriage, Penelope seems to be the one who has the final say on who she wants to marry. At the end of the epic saga, and through many tribulations Penelope accepts the disguised beggar as her husband, who can once again become the man of the house. The great scene of Book 23, when the couple finally meets, post-mortem of the suitors, seems to have to return to the starting point; get to know each other, test yourself and regain mutual trust, as if you had to shake hands with your husband once again. And with his heart, Ulysses also receives his throne back. Now they can rule the kingdom as king and queen, as husband and wife.