<P> On Odysseus 's return , disguised as an old beggar , he finds that Penelope has remained faithful . She has devised tricks to delay her suitors , one of which is to pretend to be weaving a burial shroud for Odysseus 's elderly father Laertes and claiming that she will choose a suitor when she has finished . Every night for three years , she undoes part of the shroud , until Melantho , one of twelve unfaithful serving women , discovers her chicanery and reveals it to the suitors . </P>
<P> On Odysseus 's return , disguised as an old beggar , he finds that Penelope has remained faithful . She has devised tricks to delay her suitors , one of which is to pretend to be weaving a burial shroud for Odysseus 's elderly father Laertes and claiming that she will choose a suitor when she has finished . Every night for three years , she undoes part of the shroud , until Melantho , one of twelve unfaithful serving women , discovers her chicanery and reveals it to the suitors . </P>
who reveals penelope 's ruse to the suitors
who reveals penelope 's ruse to the suitors
Melantho
Melantho