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Nina
3 months ago
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Read the excerpt from Part 2 of The Odyssey by Homer. 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. How does this excerpt prove that Odysseus causes his crew’s demise? by explaining his haphazard travels by describing his loyalty to Zeus by showing his physical weakness by revealing his ignorant assumptions
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Bond [7.5K]3 months ago
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Answer:

D is the answer

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Naddika [7.4K]3 months ago
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Answer:

This passage demonstrates that Odysseus is responsible for the downfall of his crew:

D. through his uninformed assumptions.

Explanation:

The excerpt we are examining comes from the epic narrative The Odyssey. In this scene, Odysseus engages with a Cyclops, yet his lack of understanding about the Cyclopes' nature leads to his crew's destruction. He mistakenly believes that Cyclopes share human-like reverence for the divine and fears the gods. Therefore, he attempts to invoke this belief by claiming, "Zeus will take vengeance for the wronged guest." Much to his dismay, the Cyclops reacts with immediate fury, showing that he has no regard for the deities. Cyclopes are depicted as a proud race, convinced that they "possess far greater strength." The tragedy unfolds because Odysseus is unaware of this fact.

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