ABSTRACT

Odysseus' fidelity to Penelope illustrates several points, as does her loyalty to him. The Odyssey is the great epic of marital loyalty and is referred to from time to time herein.

with positive obligation and customary obligation, but this article is not focused on them (it is not primarily concerned with obligations which the law or public opinion attribute to marriage). How obligation aims at or expresses the good or the right is the major question discussed in Part Three.