Question

Read this excerpt from Book 24 of Homer's Odyssey, and then complete the sentences.

Then thus the son: "From Alybas I came,
My palace there; Eperitus my name
Not vulgar born: from Aphidas, the king
Of Polyphemon's royal line, I spring.
Some adverse demon from Sicania bore
Our wandering course, and drove us on your shore;
Far from the town, an unfrequented bay
Relieved our wearied vessel from the sea.
Five years have circled since these eyes pursued
Ulysses parting through the sable flood:
Prosperous he sail'd, with dexter auguries,
And all the wing'd good omens of the skies.
Well hoped we then to meet on this fair shore,
Whom Heaven, alas! decreed to meet no more."

This excerpt depicts the theme of . piety, deception cunning

Ulysses tests the loyalty of . laertes, penelope, telemachus

Answer 1

Book 24 of Homer's Odyssey, and then complete the sentences.
This excerpt depicts the theme of deception.
Ulysses tests the loyalty of penelope.

Answer 2

"The Odyssey" is Homer's epic poem about the struggle that the Greek hero Odysseus suffered to return home after the Trojan War. Penelope is the wife of Odysseus and the mother of Telemachus. Penelope is described as being very clever and beautiful.

The correct answers are the following:

• This excerpt depicts the theme of (B) Deception.
• Ulysses tests the loyalty of (B) Penelope.