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Read the excerpt from Part 1 of The Odyssey. 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. This was an army, trained to fight on horseback or, where the ground required, on foot. They came with dawn over that terrain like the leaves and blades of spring. What theme is supported by the excerpt? The victors of war earn rewards. The fugitives of war suffer in isolation. Soldiers should take proper care of their horses. Soldiers must be wary of their enemies

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The theme of this excerpt is basically:

Soldiers must be wary of their enemies.

Odysseus was describing how disappointed he was with the nature of the soldiers, because while they enjoying themselves getting drunk and having fun, an enemy could be lurking around ready to attack.
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