Penelope is the faithful wife of Odysseus in Homer's epic poem Odyssey.
Penelope may also refer to:
People Penelope (mother of Pan), mother of the god Pan in Greek mythology Penelope (given name), any of several people and fictional characters Julia Penelope (1941–2013), American linguist, author and philosopher
Places Penelope, Texas, a town in the United States Penelope Point, Victoria Land, Antarctica 201 Penelope, an asteroid Penelope (crater), on Saturn's moon Tethys
Plays La Penelope, c. 1580, by Giambattista della Porta Penelope (Maugham play) 1912 by Somerset Maugham Penelope (Enda Walsh play), a 2010 tragicomedy Penelope, or How the Odyssey was Really Written, 2022 musical by Peter Kellogg and Stephen Weiner
Film and television Penelope (1966 film), starring Natalie Wood Penelope (2006 film), starring Christina Ricci "Penelope", an episode of the third season of Criminal Minds Penelope, a 2024 American television show on Netflix
Music The Penelopes, an indie pop/electronic band from Paris
Opera Penelope, a German-language opera by Rolf Liebermann Pénélope (Fauré), an opera by Gabriel Fauré, first performed in 1913 Pénélope (Piccinni), an opera performed in 1785
Songs "Penelope" (Pinback song) "Penelope", a song by Great Big Sea from the album Sea of No Cares "Penélope", a song by Joan Manuel Serrat "Pénélope", a song by Georges Brassens "Penelope", a song cycle by Sarah Kirkland Snider
Ships , any of several Royal Navy ships Hired armed cutter Penelope, in Royal Navy service from 1794 to 1799 French frigate Pénélope (1806) , any of several steamships with this name
Other uses Penelope (bird), a bird genus in the family Cracidae Penelope (e-mail client), e-mail software now named Eudora OSE Penelope brand of embroidery materials Penelope (horse) (1798–1824), thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare Penelope (platypus), a platypus who escaped from the Bronx Zoo in 1957 Prix Penelope, a thoroughbred horse race in France Penelope High School, Texas, United States "Penelope", the name given to Molly Bloom's Soliloquy in the James Joyce novel Ulysses Penelopeia , a genus of Cucurbitaceae