Penelope shares Odysseus’ cunning and deploys mêtis as a counteroffensive, not a surrender

Evidence

Penelope’s surprising move looks more like a counteroffensive than a surrender. She told Odysseus that after her work on Laertes’ shroud was exposed as a fraud, she could not think of another “deft way out” (ref). The word so translated is mêtis; it is the word that characterizes Odysseus —he is polumêtis, a man of many twists and turns. Penelope is from the same mold as her husband, a worthy partner —and adversary. — Homer; Robert Fagles; Bernard Knox, The Odyssey, 274

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to feminist readings of Penelope’s agency in Odyssey scholarship; also to the mêtis concept discussed in Detienne and Vernant’s Cunning Intelligence. — connects to: Odysseus concealed his weeping from Penelope through practiced self-control — Homer; Robert Fagles; Bernard Knox, The Odyssey, 3844

Related

• Odysseus concealed his weeping from Penelope through practiced self-control (similarity 0.84)

Broader Connections

• Odysseus concealed his weeping from Penelope through practiced self-control #corroborates (0.60) — Homer; Robert Fagles; Bernard Knox, The Odyssey, 3844