Penelope's Bones, by Emily Hauser

Penelope’s Bones: A New History of Homer’s World through the Women Written Out of It

by former Junior Fellow Emily Hauser (2017 - 18)

Weaving together literary and archaeological evidence, Emily Hauser illuminates the rich, intriguing lives of the real women behind Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey.

Published June 2025 by University of Chicago Press.