Read the excerpt from the odyssey.

'we are from troy, achaeans, blown off course
by shifting gales on the great south sea;
homeward bound, but taking routes and ways
uncommon; so the will of zeus would have it.
we served under agamemnon, son of atreus—
the whole world knows what city
he laid waste, what armies he destroyed.
it was our luck to come here; here we stand,
beholden for your , or any gifts
you give—as custom is to honor strangers.
we would entreat you, great sir, have a care
for the gods' courtesy; zeus will avenge
the unoffending guest.'

he answered this
from his brute chest, unmoved:

'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
or all the gods in bliss; we have more force by far.
i would not let you go for fear of zeus—
you or your friends—unless i had a whim to.

what can be inferred about the cyclops?

he lives in fear of zeus and all the rest of the greek gods.
he sided and fought with the trojans during the war.
he is eager to provide food and shelter to his guests.
he does not live by the same rules and customs as the greeks.

The correct answer choice to this question: What can be inferred about the Cyclops, would be, that: He does not live by the same rules and customs as the Greeks.

Explanation:

"The Odyssey", by Homer, is one of ancient Greece´s most iconic and important literary pieces, as well as one of the oldest, with the Iliad being the oldest. This epic poem, is also the bases for most of Western literature in the world. In this excerpt of the epic, Odysseus wants the Cyclops to allow them to leave, without consequences, but he shows his blatant ignorance about these creatures by trying both to entreat, and threaten, the Cyclops with the belief that if he does well, the gods will give him a just reward. What Odysseus doesn´t seem to understand is that the gods that he fears and reveres so much, hold absolutely no meaning to the Cyclops, nor do they have any power over him. Thus, his words, which show the Greek influence on his beliefs and rules, are completely meaningless for a being who does not hold those same beliefs and customs. In the end, this ignorance proves fatal.

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as soon as he got the money, the stranger ran off without a word. true or false?

this statement is true!

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