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Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.

I shall not see on earth a place more dear,
though I have been detained long by Calypso,
loveliest among goddesses, who held me
in her smooth caves, to be her heart's delight,
as Circe of Aeaea, the enchantress,
desired me, and detained me in her hall.
But in my heart I never gave consent.
Where shall a man find sweetness to surpass
his own home and his parents? In far lands
he shall not, though he find a house of gold.

What does this excerpt most suggest about the values of the ancient Greeks?

They valued beauty.
They valued family.
They valued wealth.
They valued wisdom.

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Answer:

they valued family

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Answer: They valued family.

Explanation: In this excerpt, Odysseus describes how even though he was prisoner of Calypso, that is the most beautiful goddess, and also Circe's prisoner who desired him, he never forgot his family an his home and they where his motivation to return to his country even if it took him ten years. And after all this time, his wife Penelope was waiting for him.


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