Question

Which of the following quotations contains a description of an epic hero?

a) "Now I let go with hands and feet, plunging / straight into the foam beside the timbers, / pulled astride, and rowed hard with my hands / to pass by Scylla."
b) "I rather dwelt on this part of the forecast, / while our good ship made time, bound outward down / the wind for the strange island of Sirens."
c) "In the next land we found were Cyclopes, / giants, louts, without a law to bless them."
d) "So one day I withdrew to the interior / to pray the gods in solitude, for hope / that one might show me some way of salvation."

Answer 1

a) "Now I let go with hands and feet, plunging / straight into the foam beside the timbers, / pulled astride, and rowed hard with my hands / to pass by Scylla." The quotation that contains a description of an epic hero is a) "Now I let go with hands and feet, plunging straight into the foam beside the timbers, pulled astride, and rowed hard with my hands to pass by Scylla."

Step-by-step explanation:

The quotation that contains a description of an epic hero is:

a) "Now I let go with hands and feet, plunging / straight into the foam beside the timbers, / pulled astride, and rowed hard with my hands / to pass by Scylla."

This quotation is from The Odyssey, an epic poem by Homer. In this passage, the hero, Odysseus, is describing his courage and determination as he navigates through dangerous waters, facing the monster Scylla.