In direct contrast with the seductress is the good hostess or wife. Odysseus' wife, Penelope, is the most important of these characters. She is the image of steadfastness, waiting and hoping for years for Odysseus' return. She provides the motivation for Odysseus's return to Ithaca. She is also the center of the plot involving the suitors and the fate of Telemachus and Ithaca itself. Because she has a kingdom, she has suitors crowding around her day and night. However, even the intimidating suitors do not bend her from her constancy. However, from this Penelope is paid attention to only because of her position. Being a woman, Penelope has no control over what the suitors do and cannot get rid of them. The suitors want her wealth and her kingdom. They do not respect her enough to stop feeding on Odysseus' wealth. In addition, we even see Odyssey himself being unfaithful to Penelope. While Odysseus expected Penelope to remain faithful, even after he was gone for twenty years he himself was unfaithful to her many times, through his relationship with Calypso. The role of the hostess is similar to that of goddess because they are both assisting those in need and in this epic, Odysseus is the one in need. More significantly, the role of the good woman is to provide a model that makes up for the seductresses.

The next and less benevolent role is that of the seductress. A story about such a woman referred to in The Odyssey is that of Helen. The entire Trojan War was caus

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