Read the excerpt from Part 2 of The Odyssey. A prodigious man slept in this cave alone, and took his flocks to graze afield—remo
te from all companions, knowing none but savage ways, a brute so huge, [The cyclops] seemed no man at all of those who eat good wheaten bread; but he seemed rather a shaggy mountain reared in solitude. What does the metaphor add to the passage? Check all that apply. a description of the Cyclops’ eating habits a comparison between the Cyclops and a large land form an illustration of the Cyclops’ cave a visual image of the Cyclops’ size a comparison between the Cyclops and Odysseus
The appropriate choices are A) a description of Cyclop’s dietary habits, B) a comparison between the Cyclops and a massive land feature, and D) a visual depiction of the Cyclops' size.
