The mother of Telemachus and faithful spouse of a noted warrior from Ithaca, for 10 points, name this female protagonist in Homer's Odyssey, the wife of Odysseus.
Though she is first introduced by her son, this character's dialogue is presented later in the work, as she tells Phemius to stop singing.  Her father, a Spartan king, did not allow anyone to marry his daughter unless that person could beat him in a foot-race. She is frequently consulted by the goddess Athena and is accompanied in her home by Eurycleia and her handmaids, 12 of which were murdered by her husband and son by the end of the literary work. She promises to re-marry once she finishes weaving a burial shroud which she secretly unravels each night, causing her suitors to grow increasingly impatient.  The mother of Telemachus and faithful spouse of a noted warrior from Ithaca, for 10 points, name this female protagonist in Homer's Odyssey, the wife of Odysseus.
Though she is first introduced by her son, this character's dialogue is presented later in the work, as she tells Phemius to stop singing.  
Penelope