Here's hoping it's still around in another 3,000 years. Penelope is a timeless name that's literary, romantic, and unarguably adorable. Masculine or gender-neutral alternatives with a similar feel include Penn or Opie. Penelope is a decidedly feminine name and not particularly suited for gender-neutral use. It also offers a slew of charming nicknames, including Penny, Poppy, Nellie, and Nell. Penelope is similar to other popular, old-fashioned, multi-syllable, vowel-heavy names like Olivia, Amelia, and Evelyn. (Bab圜enter's ranking is based on data from hundreds of thousands of parents who share their baby's name with us.)
Penelope hit number 25 on the SSA's top names for baby girls in 2020, and has been in the top 30 names on Bab圜enter's list for several years. Penelopes are in good company: The name is shared by many famous authors and actors, and has appeared in several modern retellings of the Odyssey story. This is a response to an essay in College Literature on Homers Odyssey by John Vlahos, who argues for a much earlier recognition by Penelope of Odysseus. It's not clear whether celebrities brought Penelope into the 21st century or were simply participating in the already popular trend of choosing vintage baby names, but around 2000 the name grabbed the spotlight and has continued to grow in popularity ever since. Taylor Hanson (of the band Hanson) named his daughter Penelope in 2005, while Tina Fey chose the name for her daughter in 2011, and Kourtney Kardashian picked the name for her daughter in 2012. And it may have continued to languish in obscurity if not for some celebrity parents who started using the name for their daughters in the early 2000s. for much of the past 100 years, it fell off the Social Security Administration (SSA) list between 19. While Penelope has been among the top 1,000 baby names for girls in the U.S. (Spoiler alert: Odysseus returns, kills all the suitors, and reunites with Penelope.) She worked on it all day, but at night she unraveled all the work she had done. According to Homer's epic, Penelope told her suitors she would choose between them when she finished weaving a funeral shroud for her father-in-law. The name's meaning, weaver, is a reference to the stalling tactics Penelope used. And she was also clever as she rebuffed dozens of suitors angling for her hand in marriage. She was loyal and patient, refusing to give up on her husband's possible return. As the story goes, Penelope waited 20 years for her husband to return after he left to fight in the Trojan War. In the Odyssey, Penelope is the long-suffering wife of Odysseus, king of Ithaca.
This paper will explore the concept of 'metis' in ancient Greek works of literature, and how cunning intelligence can either be a positive or a negative attribute for women to have in such works.A classic name that's made a comeback with modern parents, Penelope means "weaver." It comes from the ancient Greek epic poem the Odyssey, written by Homer in the seventh or eighth century B.C. However, in the poem, Penelope compares herself to Clytemnestra, who was not faithful to her husband Agamemnon and devises her own devious trap to murder her husband so she can continue relations with her new lover. His wife Penelope was also admired by the Greeks for using her own trickery to avoid meddling suitors pushing her to remarry in Odysseus absence. For his skill in battle, oratory prowess, and uncanny ability to be incredibly crafty, Odysseus was revered as a cult hero throughout ancient Greek times. The ancient Greek term 'metis', commonly translated as the quality of cunning intelligence, was often used by Homer to describe the Trojan War hero Odysseus in the epic poem Odyssey. 'Metis' in a Woman: Penelope of Homer's Odyssey
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