Penelope’s nightly unweaving trick deceived the suitors for three years

Evidence

So by day she’d weave at her great and growing web — by night, by the light of torches set beside her, she would unravel all she’d done. Three whole years she deceived us blind, seduced us with this scheme — Homer; Robert Fagles; Bernard Knox, The Odyssey, 4652

Categorization

• XREF: The unweaving-web motif as a deception trope connects to other trickster narratives and to the theme of female craft countering male aggression. — connects to: Penelope deceived the suitors for three years by weaving and unweaving a shroud nightly — Homer; Robert Fagles; Bernard Knox, The Odyssey, 558

Related

• Penelope deceived the suitors for three years by weaving and unweaving a shroud nightly (similarity 0.94)

Broader Connections

• Penelope deceived the suitors for three years by weaving and unweaving a shroud nightly #corroborates (1.00) — Homer; Robert Fagles; Bernard Knox, The Odyssey, 558