Question

Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.

Treated as rubbish now, he lay at last
upon a mass of dung before the gates—
manure of mules and cows, piled there until
fieldhands could spread it on the king's estate.
Abandoned there, and half destroyed with flies,
old Argus lay.

What functions as a symbol in this excerpt?

Answer 1

probably the mass of dung

Step-by-step explanation:

he's treated like waste

Answer 2

Argus

Step-by-step explanation:

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