Read the excerpt from the odyssey.
few words i shouted in reply to him:
‘if i could take your life i would and take
your time away, and hurl you down to hell!
the god of earthquake could not heal you there! '
at this he stretched his hands out in his darkness
toward the sky of stars, and prayed to poseidon:
‘o hear 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.
based on his response to the cyclops, what can be inferred about odysseus?
a. he has put himself and his men in even more danger.
b. he is a wise leader who will find a safe and quick route to ithaca.
c. he has forgiven the cyclops for eating his men.
d. he is a calm man who relies on reason rather than emotion.

Odysseus shows nothing wise in that response, quite the opposite. And for sure, no forgiveness in those words, either. Odysseus is angry and he wants to turn that anger into action, so he is not calm. With that, we eliminate options B, C and D.

In the end, we have the logical correct

A.He has put himself and his men in even more danger.

His "speech" doesn't bring any solution, which endangers himself and his men.

By the time when Odysseus executes the cyclops, 10 years go by before he can return home. While on the voyage home, him and his men need to go to Hades's domain and they need to make it pass Polyphemus. Odysseus even gets caught on the island of where lived the witch Circe.

repetition is used to emphasize a feeling or idea, create rhythm, and/or develop a sense of urgency.

after the signature of the treaty of versailles in june 1919, germany lost nearly 25,000 square miles and a population of 7 million people. these territories included eupen-malmedy area and moresnet which were ceded to belgium. regarding relations with france, germany ceded the sovereignty of the saar coal mines to this country, as well as the provinces of alsace-lorraine.

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