Question

Which sentence best summarizes this excerpt from Book 21 of the Odyssey?

This gift, long since when Sparta's shore he trod,
On young Ulysses Iphitus bestowed:
Beneath Orsilochus' roof they met;
One loss was private, one a public debt;
Messena's state from Ithaca detains
Three hundred sheep, and all the shepherd swains;
And to the youthful prince to urge the laws,
The king and elders trust their common cause.
But Iphitus, employed on other cares,
Search'd the wide country for his wandering mares,
And mules, the strongest of the labouring kind;
Hapless to search; more hapless still to find!
For journeying on to Hercules, at length
That lawless wretch, that man of brutal strength,
Deaf to Heaven's voice, the social rites transgress'd;
And for the beauteous mares destroy'd his guest.
He gave the bow; and on Ulysses' part
Received a pointed sword, and missile dart:
Of luckless friendship on a foreign shore
Their first, last pledges! for they met no more.
The bow, bequeath'd by this unhappy hand,
Ulysses bore not from his native land;
Nor in the front of battle taught to bend,
But kept in dear memorial of his friend.

Ulysses gets the bow from Iphitus as a token of their friendship.
Ulysses avenges Iphitus by attacking his murderer Hercules.
Ulysses marks his vow to see Iphitus again by gifting him a sword.
Ulysses helps Iphitus search for his strongest horses and donkeys.

Answer 1

@YoursTruly

Answer 2

Unfortunately It's against the rules to give direct answers, but a summary is a brief explanation of what happens in the material. You can skim the text and see which answer best fits.

Answer 3

-_-

Answer 4

D probably. The majority of the paragraph is about the animals.

Answer 5

Lazy. x'D

Answer 6

What does this excerpt from Book 21 of Homer's Odyssey reveal about Ulysses’s wife, Penelope?

To whom the queen: "If fame engage your views,
Forbear those acts which infamy pursues;
Wrong and oppression no renown can raise;
Know, friend! that virtue is the path to praise.
The stature of our guest, his port, his face,
Speak him descended from no vulgar race.
To him the bow, as he desires, convey;
And to his hand if Phoebus give the day,
Hence, to reward his merit, be shall bear
A two-edged falchion and a shining spear,
Embroider'd sandals, a rich cloak and vest,
A safe conveyance to his port of rest."

She knows that the beggar in disguise is Ulysses, so she defends him.
She is fair, impartial, and not affected by a person’s social status.
She is clever and wants to make a good impression on her suitors.
She thinks the beggar will be a distraction to keep her son safe from the suitors.

Answer 7

Oof. D? I don't know.

Answer 8

molly ur useless xD

Answer 9

JK BES FRENNNNN

Answer 10

Sorry. x'D

Answer 11

It's cool at least you helped :D