Question

Read the passage from the Odyssey.

Dear friends,
more than one man, or two, should know those things
Circe foresaw for us and shared with me,
so let me tell her forecast; then we die
with our eyes open, if we are going to die,
or know what death we battle if we can. Sirens
weaving a haunting song over the sea
we are to shun, she said, and their green shore
all sweet with clover; yet she urged that I
alone should listen to their song. Therefore
you are to tie me up, tight as a splint,
erect along the mast, lashed to the mast,
and if I shout and beg to be untied,
take more turns of the rope to muffle me.
Who is the antagonist in this passage?
Odysseus
Circe
Sirens
the men

Answer 1

Sirens is. It tells you here:

Sirens

weaving a haunting song over the sea

we are to shun, she said, and their green shore

all sweet with clover; yet she urged that I

alone should listen to their song.

Answer 2

Answer: The right answer is the C) The Sirens.

Explanation: Since Odysseus is very curious to hear the Sirens singing, he asks his men, on Circe's advice, to seal their ears with beeswax and to tie him up to the mast of the ship, so he can listen to their enchanting but deadly voice without succumbing to them. They are eventually able to escape safely from them, but not without difficulty, since, as Odysseus predicts in this passage, he shouted and begged to be untied.