person
Penelope
Wife of Ulysses, the type of the faithful waiting spouse in the Odyssey; Seneca dismisses scholastic quibbles over her chastity in favor of asking what chastity itself is.
Reading notes
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §88.8 Penelope
Ulysses's faithful wife, type of marital constancy; Seneca brushes aside the question of her chastity for the deeper question of what chastity is.