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Read the excerpt from Part 1 of The Odyssey by Homer.

but on the spot I told them: 'Back, and quickly!
Out to sea again!' My men were mutinous,
fools, on stores of wine. Sheep after sheep they
butchered by the surf, and shambling cattle,
feasting,—while fugitives went inland, running
to call to arms the main force of Cicones.





PLS HELP! 27 POINTS!!!!
How does this excerpt prove that Odysseus’s men caused their own problems?

by describing their neglect of orders
by explaining their military strategy
by showing their physical weaknesses
by illustrating their cruelty to one another

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Answer: By describing their neglect of orders.

Explanation: The word “mutinous” means “refusing to obey the orders of a person in authority.” Therefore, the men were neglecting orders.
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