person
Icarius
Spartan father of Penelope, who pressed her to remarry during Ulysses' long absence.
Reading notes
- The Heroides §1 Icarius
Penelope's Spartan father, who pressed her to give up the empty marriage-bed and remarry.
- Metamorphoses §10.307 Icarus
Icarius the Athenian (set in the sky as Bootes/Arcturus), not Daedalus's son; he veils his face at the crime.
- Sorrows §5.5 Icarius
Father of Penelope; paired with Eetion as a model father of a faithful wife.