In English / College | 2025-08-20

Which excerpt from The Odyssey best shows that the ancient Greeks greatly valued the idea of home?

A. (s) king of the Phaeacians, to whom Odysseus
B. (es) king of Ithaca
C. sea goddess who loved Odysseus
D. enchantress who helped Odysseus
E. of the gods
F. (n) god of sea, earthquakes, horses, and storms at
G. Odysseus's father
H. and through me tell the story
I. in all ways of contending,
J. tried for years on end,
K. the stronghold
L. nt of Troy. (5)
M. ounds
N. inds of many distant men,
O. any bitter nights and days
P. at sea, while he fought only
Q. What of those years
R. of rough adventure, weathered under Zeus?
S. The wind that carried us west from Ilium
T. brought me to Ismarus, on the far shore,
U. a strongpoint on the coast of Cicones.
V. And this new grief we bore with us to sea:
W. our precious lives we had, but not our friends.
X. No ship made sail next day until some shipmate
Y. had raised a cry, three times, for each poor ghost

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