Penelope: Princess of Lakonia

How would an ancient princess, one of our greatest heroines of Western literature, have told her own story? In this re-imagined history, Penelope, wife of the legendary Odysseus, tells the story of her life as a young girl, coming of age in Lakonia, among her uncles, aunts, and cousins—all of whom would come to play a role in the shaping of ancient Greek prehistory.