It's been twenty years since Odysseus left Ithaca. With a palace full of murderous suitors demanding Penelope choose a new husband, a beggar arrives with a story for the queen--fantastic yarns of her husband's travels through monsters, witches and gods. Every bit Odysseus' equal in will and duplicity, Penelope takes on the suitors and conniving beggar in a magical re-telling of Homer's epic tale of adventure, vengeance and passion.