What is the name of Odysseus's wife?

The name of Odysseus’s wife is Penelope. She is the queen of Ithaca and one of the central figures in The Odyssey, where she waits for her husband’s return from the Trojan War.

Odysseus is away for twenty years: ten years fighting at Troy and another ten years attempting to reach Ithaca. During his absence, more than a hundred suitors occupy his palace and pressure Penelope to choose a new husband. She delays them with a famous weaving trick, promising to decide after finishing a burial shroud for Odysseus’s father, Laertes, while secretly unweaving it each night.

Penelope is traditionally celebrated for her intelligence, patience, and loyalty. Near the poem’s end, she announces an archery contest involving Odysseus’s bow. The disguised Odysseus wins, proving his identity and reclaiming his household. Readers sometimes confuse Penelope with Circe or Calypso, both of whom have relationships with Odysseus during his travels, but neither is his wife. Helen is also connected to the Trojan War, yet she is married to Menelaus.