Penelope waiting for Ulysses. Short legend of Greek mythology

Greek mythology contains the foundations of Western culture, so in Guiainfantil we are adapting the most beautiful stories in the form of short stories so that children learn and have fun at the same time. The story of Penelope is the story of a very intelligent woman plotting a stratagem to keep he

Greek mythology contains the foundations of Western culture, so in Guiainfantil we are adapting the most beautiful stories in the form of short stories so that children learn and have fun at the same time.

The story of Penelope is the story of a very intelligent woman plotting a stratagem to keep her suitors away while waiting for Ulysses to return from the Trojan War. A story of ingenuity and perseverance.

Penelope weaving while she waits for Ulysses

The Trojan war was over some time ago and Ulysses did not return to his home in Ithaca where his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus le awaited him. It turns out that Ulises entertained himself on the road with the sirens and many other magical beings while in his Ithaca palace Penelope no longer knew how to mislead all pre the suitorswho wanted to marry her. As Ulysses did not return from the Trojan War, the knights of Ithaca approached the palace of Queen Penelope

to choose another husband. But Penelope just wanted Ulises and was willing to wait for him all the time. Besides, none of the suitors liked him even a little. - Ulysses has died in the Trojan War, because if not, he should have come back - the suitors said. But Penelope

knew deep down in her heart that Ulysses had not died and would sooner or later return home. Time passed and Ulysses did not return. And pre the suitors were getting heavier and heavier for Penelope to choose a new husband. So she had no choice but to yield a little, but since she was as ingenious as Ulysses, an idea occurred to her to buy time before choosing a suitor. Because she was sure that one day Ulises would return, you just had to have a little patience.

- I will choose one of you when I finish weave this blanket what I am doing- said

Penelope . And he showed them a piece of a blanket he was knitting. The suitorswere satisfied but did not know very well how long it would take

Penelope to make the blanket. So they spent the days waiting and waiting and sometimes they went to see Penelope in the loom, but the blanket was the same as the first day. - I do not understand it - said a suitor - he never finished weaving the blanket. What the suitors did not know was that Penelope

was smarter than all of them together. During the day they saw Penelope weave for hours and hours, but they did not see what she was doing at night. Because Penelope could not sleep because of the desire she had to see

Ulises again, so she got out of bed, went to her loom and unmade everything she had done during the day. That way I would never finish knitting the blanket. The patience of Penelope had its reward because one fine day, as she always intuited, Ulysses returned and threw all the suitors away. Laura Vélez . Editor of Guiainfantil.com