Ohear me, lord, blue girdler of the islands, if i am thine indeed, and thou art father: grant that odysseus, raider of cities, never see his home: laertes' son, i mean, who kept his hail on ithaca. should destiny intend that he shall see his roof again among his family in his father land, far be that day, and dark the years between. let him lose all companions, and return under strange sail to bitter days at home.' what motivates the cyclops to ask poseidon for the demise of odysseus and all his men? check all that apply. he hates all the greeks because they destroyed troy. he wants revenge for the loss of his eye. he thinks all of mankind is weak and feeble. he is angered by odysseus’s taunts.

The “big dig” the “big dig” (the central artery/tunnel project) has been complex and challenging. located in boston, massachusetts, this tunnel is eight lanes wide and three-and-a-half miles long. what is most amazing about this tunnel is that it is constructed under a major highway and skyscrapers located in boston’s financial district. construction crews used “clamshell excavators” during this dig. these machines carved narrow trenches, and then a special substance was pumped into the trench to keep the dirt from caving in. finally, steel beams were lowered into the trench and concrete was pumped in. one problem that engineers faced while constructing the tunnel is the fact that the soil beneath boston is extremely loose and soggy. engineers solved this dilemma by freezing the soil and pumping very cold water into pipes beneath the city. to strengthen the soil even further, a special type of glue was injected into the ground to with the consolidation of the soil. 23 which phrase best defines the word excavator as used in the passage? a. a device used to measure underground temperatures b. a device used to level uneven surfaces c. a device used to move heavy objects d. a device used to dig holes