Retelling myths and epics for contemporary readers is one of the easiest and, if you are lucky, most lucrative route to a writing career. The stories remain omnipotent, thousands of years after ...
In Homer's account in The Odyssey, Penelope, wife of Odysseus and cousin of the beautiful Helen of Troy, is portrayed as the quintessential faithful wife. She is left alone for 20 years while her ...
Argos waited twenty long years for his master Odysseus to return home, surely earning him the title of most loyal dog in Greek mythology.