<span>and so for three years I deceived the Akhaians
This sentence shows that Penelope is clever, because her ruse, her plan to delay the suitors, worked for three years. The idea to weave by day and unweave by night was a good one, but it only is clever if it actually works, which we know it does by this sentence.</span>
Women's Life. Greek women had virtually no political rights of any kind and were controlled by men at nearly every stage of their lives. The most important duties for a city-dwelling woman were to bear children--preferably male--and to run the household.
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