As the Odyssey highlights how Odysseus faces the wrath of the gods, the Penelopiad explains the place of women in ancient Greek by highlighting how Penelope fought for her honor in the absence of her husband. Although the Odyssey and the Penelopiad tell the same story, the poem and the book are from different perspectives. Penelope is the queen, and during the absence of Odysseus, she gets faced with a hard task of remaining faithful in the hope that her husband, Odysseus, will return. The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood gives a female version of the ten years that Odysseus was away. Meanwhile, his wife and son are waiting for him, and they have a hard time getting rid of the suitors vying to marry Penelope since they think that Odysseus in long dead. Odysseus battles with mystical creatures and faces the wrath of the gods which makes his journey back long and challenging. The poem is about the 10-year struggle of Odysseus in his mission to return home after the battle of Trojan. The Odyssey is an epic ancient Greek poem attributed to Homer.
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