Great and disgusting detail in “Hold Them Down”
When the suitors refer to Penelope, they call her by her name and sing:
“Penelope as his queen”
When Antinous sings of her, he refers to her by position:
“And when the deed is done, the queen will have no one”
“When the crown wonders where the prince is”
He doesn’t see her as an individual, he simply sees a position to exploit and a crown (a thing) to conquer as a trophy.
All the suitors are (to some degree) responsible but this guy straight up says she is not a human but a trophy. Great disgusting detail from Jorge here