Penelope Week 2026
A fandom week celebrating Penelope of Sparta and Ithaca - Princess of Lacedaemon, Queen of Ithaca, Heroine of the Odyssey.
(Open, Unmoderated)
About Penelope Week 2026 (PenelopeWeek2026)
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Intro:
Day 1: Family & Lineage
Parents | Siblings | Ancestors [Icarius & Periboea | Alyzeus, Leucadius, Iphthime | Andromeda, Perseus, Amyklaus]
Day 2: Athena
Patronage | Qualities | Talents [Athena’s favour | Wisdom & Intelligence | Weaving, Scheming, Ruling, Xenia]
Day 3: Children
Birth | Relationship | Life [Telemachus, Poliporthes, Arcesilaus | Pan | Italus & Mamilia ]
Day 4: Lovers
Relationships | Beginning | End [Odysseus | Hermes & Apollo | Telegonus]
Day 5: Oikos
Household | Women | Suitors [Mistress of the Royal Household | Eurykleia, Actoris, Melantho | Infestation of Suitors]
Day 6: Grief
Death | Loss | War] [Brothers, Cousins, Husband | Trojan War]
Day 7: Free Day
Anything & Everything [Childhood, Ships, AUs]
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Rules:
- Make sure to tag @weekofpenelope and #PenelopeWeek2026 on all your submissions for this event.
- Add your works on ao3 to our Collection: PenelopeWeek2026
- Each day of the week has prompts, sub-prompts, and sub-sub-prompts. You can choose to explore any of them (individually or by combining them) at length in any manner possible - as sfw, nsfw or gen!
- All Penelope-centric ships, tags, tropes and more are allowed, as long as it is tagged properly.
- We welcome as many fanworks as people wish to put out of all kinds celebrating Penelope, whether that be fanfiction, art, edits or something else!
- Do feel free to particpate and skip whichever days and prompts you wish to!
- Share your WIPs! But do make sure to tag us so we can reblog/retweet them.
- Late Submissions are fine and welcome!