Accordingly he repaired to her island — the same where afterwards Ulysses landed, as we shall see in one of our later stories. […] Helen herself had not more numerous suitors, nor Penelope, the wife of shrewd Ulysses. […] Ulysses, king of Ithaca, sought her in marriage, and won her, over all competitors. […] Ulysses gave Penelope her choice, to stay or go with him. […] Ulysses and Penelope had not enjoyed their union more than a year when it was interrupted by the events which called Ulysses to the Trojan war.