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Penelope: References & Edit History

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  • Gitanjali Roy
    Gitanjali Roy is deputy managing editor, Encyclopaedia Britannica. She has over two decades of editorial experience across digital and broadcast media.

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Mythopedia - Penelope. Oct 10, 2026
Added cross-references. Jul 13, 2026
Media added. Jun 26, 2026
Added cross-reference. May 01, 2026
Media added. Mar 31, 2026
Added cross-reference. Mar 11, 2026
Article thoroughly revised. Jan 23, 2026
Add new Web site: Academia - Rewriting Classical Myth: the Case of Penelope (PDF). Mar 11, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC Tech - Odysseus and Penelope. Dec 19, 2024
Add new Web site: Stanford University - Stanford Humanities Center - Penelope�s Wonder: Navigating the Mythos of Masculinity. Oct 17, 2024
Add new Web site: Perseus Digital Library - A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology - Pene'lope. Jan 12, 2024
Add new Web site: Greek Legends and Myths - Penelope in Greek Mythology. Sep 22, 2023
Add new Web site: St. John's College - Penelope: The Odyssey�s Creative Thinker. Jun 01, 2023
Add new Web site: Mythopedia - Penelope. Feb 27, 2023
Add new Web site: Theoi - Penelopeia. Apr 23, 2014
Article thoroughly revised. Feb 05, 2008
Article revised. May 27, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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