Read the riddle and answer the question. Pay special attention to the bolded phrases. OFTEN I must war against the wave
and fight against the wind;
I contend against them combined, when,
buried by the billows, I go to seek the earth;
my native land is strange to me.
If I grow motionless I am mighty in the conflict;
if I succeed not in that they are stronger than I,
and straightway with rending they put me to rout;
they wish to carry off what I must keep safe.
I foil them in that if my tail endures and
if the stones are able to hold fast against me in my strength.
Ask, what is my name?
The speaker in the riddle is a(n).

anchor
sail
ship's hull
oar

pulling in the reader is important

the answer is d)to persuade the troops that she is a capable commander

agamemnon was the leader of the greek troops in the trojan wars and orestes was his son. when agamemnon returned from the war, he was murdered by his wife's lover in conjunction with his wife. orestes could not stop them but he seeked vengeance for his father. after a long time, he found them and avenged his father while killing them. he killed his mother, but greek mythology claims that his act was just and he was spared the remorse and the guilt. there are a lot of similarities with the ulysses/telemachus father son pair. ulysses was also one of the leaders of the excursion to troy. he still has not returned home, but in a sense the suitors of penelope are marring his estate and his reputation. while penelope is faithful to ulysses, the suitors by taking hold of the palace and committing their shameful acts are dishonoring ulysses. in the same context, telemachus is asked just like orestes to restitution his father's honor, regardless of whether he is alive or dead. athena is him and encouraging him with this example and he himself feels the need to save his father