Definition of: Penelope

(pə·nel′ə·pē)
A feminine personal name. Also Fr. Pé·né·lope (pā·nā·lōp′). [<Gk., a weaver]
—Penelope
In the Odyssey, the faithful wife of Odysseus, who, during her husband's absence after the fall of Troy, kept her many suitors in check under pretext of having to complete a shroud she was weaving for Laertes, her father–in–law: the moment of her choice among them was indefinitely postponed, since every night she unraveled all the work she had done during the previous day. See TELEGONUS.