The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood is a retelling of the story of Penelope and her 12 maids. Penelope is the wife of Odysseus, and the daughter of Icarus and a water nymph. Penelope is dead when the story begins, she talks directly to the reader recounting her life. 12 maids act as a Greek chorus chiming in at times and sharing their own stories.
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John Maler Collier (1850–1934), "Clytemnestra," 1882
Cassandra by Evelyn De Morgan (1898, London); Cassandra in front of the burning city of Troy |