Read the passage from The Odyssey – Penelope.
Based on the epic simile, the reader should envision
Penelope as a queen who is
conscientious.
decisive.
“My lady, never a man in the wide world
should have a fault to find with you. Your name
has gone out under heaven like the sweet
honor of some god-fearing king, who rules
in equity over the strong: his black lands bear
both wheat and barley, fruit trees laden bright,
new lambs at lambing time and the deep sea
gives great hauls of fish by his good strategy,
his folk fare well.”
O judgmental.
Orighteous.