Question

Read these central ideas from "Homer: The Poet for All Ages."

The Iliad and the Odyssey were first told to the Greeks thousands of years ago.
The Iliad and the Odyssey remain popular today.

Which details from "Homer: The Poet for All Ages" best support these two central ideas about the Iliad and the Odyssey?

Select the two correct answers.


"Yet these epics are as fresh and alive today as when they were first chanted to the youths and maidens of that forgotten Grecian city."

"One legend says that long ago in Greece, a blind poet, Homer, wandered from city to city and earned his living by reciting poems, including the Iliad and the Odyssey, two great epics."

"Whatever the source of the poems, however, they must have been recited for a good many years before they were finally written down."

"They tell of a past so distant that it is scarcely known except through their verses, and of gods who have long since ceased to be worshiped."

Answer 1

"Yet these epics are as fresh and alive today as when they were first chanted to the youths and maidens of that forgotten Grecian city."

"One legend says that long ago in Greece, a blind poet, Homer, wandered from city to city and earned his living by reciting poems, including the Iliad and the Odyssey, two great epics."

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

"Yet these epics are as fresh and alive today as when they were first chanted to the youths and maidens of that forgotten Grecian city."

"One legend says that long ago in Greece, a blind poet, Homer, wandered from city to city and earned his living by reciting poems, including the Iliad and the Odyssey, two great epics."

Step-by-step explanation:

In the given central ideas from "Homer: The Poet for All Ages", the main focus is on the point that the Iliad and the Odyssey were first told to the Greeks. Added to that, the two epics are still popular today.

So, the best support for the two central themes will be found in the details found in the first and second options. The mentioning of the fact that "these epics are as fresh and alive today as when they were first chanted to the youths and maidens of that forgotten Grecian city" provides support to the modern-day popularity as well as the epics being from ancient Greek. Moreover, the mentioning of "Homer, wandering from city to city . . . reciting poems including the Iliad and the Odyssey" also supports the central ideas.

Thus, the correct answers are the first and second options.