Question

Read this excerpt from The Odyssey:

The wind drove me out of Ilium on to Ismarus,the Cicones' stronghold. There I sacked the city,killed the men, but as for the wives and plunder,that rich haul we dragged away from the placewe shared it round so no one, not on my account,would go deprived of his fair share of spoils.

Which sentence states implicit information you can learn from the passage?

A.Odysseus raided the Cicones and killed all the men.
B.Odysseus is a generous leader.
C.Odysseus's ship was pushed by the wind towards Ismarus.
D.Odysseus took great riches from the Cicones.

Answer 1

Odysseus is a generous leader.

Answer 2

The sentence which states implicit information that we learn from the passage is:

B. Odysseus is a generous leader.

In Book 9 Odysseus tells his stories of wanderings to Phaeacians. He tells him that the wind threw him and his men to Ismarus which was the city of the Cicones. The men lived on the land plundering around for food until the people of Cicones attacked them. Though Odysseus and his men escaped from the land six men from every ship went missing. Odysseus made all the arrangements for his people by killing the Cicones and saving them from their attack. This highlights the implicit information about Odysseus that he was the king who would do anything for his people.