Read the excerpt from Gilgamesh: A New English Version. At four hundred miles they stopped to eat,
at a thousand miles they pitched their camp.
They had traveled for just three days and nights,
a six weeks' journey for ordinary men.
When the sun was setting, they dug a well,
they filled their waterskins with fresh water,
Gilgamesh climbed to the mountaintop

What characteristic of an epic hero does the excerpt reveal?

bravery in the face of danger
willingness to endure a voyage
ability to deliver compelling speeches
tendency to seek supernatural assistance

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. which statement best explains the simile in this excerpt? the cyclops’ effort to catch the men is compared to a simple task, showing his strength. the cyclops’ effort to catch the men is compared to a simple task, showing his bravery. the cyclops’ effort to move the stone is compared to a simple task, showing his strength. the cyclops’ effort to move the stone is compared to a simple task, showing his bravery.