Prudence; This essay deals with the concept of prudence and how it is used and where in Homer's epic poem the "Odyssey."

Prudence Penelope was clever to question the disposition of Odysseus as for she has seen frauds prior to this point in time and could not be sure of Odysseus because of his twenty-year absence. Caution was her main priority in deciding whether Odysseus had truly come home after her longing for his company and the devastating situations she was held under while he was gone. It seemed fanatical that while sleeping this all took place, …

…trial that she decided to test upon him showed that he was the real deal and not a fraud or illusion. Penelope was not fooled and could not have been with her shrewdness. She looks as if she were Odysseus's ideal match with her stunning ways of wisdom, which Odysseus had been associated with throughout this text. The truth is what her caution and concern earned her as a result of her wisdom and perception.