Read the excerpt from Part 4 of The Odyssey.we saw the funnel of the maelstrom, heardthe rock bellowing all around, and darksand raged on the bottom far below. My men all blanched against the gloom, our eyeswere fixed upon that yawning mouth in fear of being devoured.
What theme is Homer presenting when Odysseus’s men forget about going home after eating the lotus in Part 1 of The Odyssey?
Read the excerpt from Part 2 of The Odyssey.his chores being all dispatched, he caught another brace of men to make his breakfast, and whisked away his great door slab to let his sheep go through—but he, behind,reset the stone as one would cap a quiver.
Read the excerpt from Part 1 of The Odyssey.Now Zeus the lord of cloud roused in the northA storm against the ships, and driving veils of squall moved down like night on land and sea. The bows went plunging at the gust; sails cracked and lashed out strips in the big wind.We saw death in that fury, dropped the yards, unshipped the oars, and pulled for the nearest lee: then two long days and nights we lay offshore.
Read the excerpt from Part 4 of The Odyssey.and on our starboard beam Charybdis, dire gorge of the salt seatide. By heaven! when shevomited, all the sea was like a cauldronseething over intense fire, when the mixturesuddenly heaves and rises.
Read this paragraph.Claire marveled at her little brother’s flawless dive. It looked effortless now, but she knew he had spent weeks perfecting the arch of his body and the point of his toes. She wanted to have a dive like that—the type people stop and watch. Still, she could not bring herself to attempt it. After all, her brother’s first twenty or so dives had been awful, with knees and elbows flailing. Claire shuddered to imagine looking like that in clear view of the entire pool population. And the whole head-first concept seemed intimidating. She wondered if her hands would reach the bottom of the pool. Maybe some day. But for now, she decided she would just watch.
Read this paragraph.Darius was convinced that Kennedy High could improve its morning routine. The student parking lot was a jumble of squealing tires, honking horns, and near-misses with pedestrians. Two hundred students always seemed to arrive moments before the tardy bell, and the result was a recipe for disaster. Still, every time Darius mentioned it to his friends, they laughed it off. He wanted to propose a few early-arriver incentives, such as gym privileges or reduced-cost breakfasts, but nobody seemed concerned.
Read the excerpt from Part 2 of The Odyssey.(Odysseus):'We would entreat you, great Sir, have a carefor the gods' courtesy; Zeus will avenge the unoffending guest.'He answered thisfrom his brute chest, unmoved.(Cyclops):'You are a ninny,or else you come from the other end of nowhere,telling me, mind the gods! We Cyclopes care not a whistle for your thundering Zeus.'
What does the metaphor add to the passage? Choose two answers.
Read the excerpt from Part 1 of The Odyssey.And this new grief we bore with us to sea: our precious lives we had, but not our friends. No ship made sail next day until some shipmatehad raised a cry, three times, for each poor ghost unfleshed by the Cicones on that field.
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