102k views
4 votes
On arriving at the land of the Cyclops, Ulysses hopes to meet a hospitable host, but he does not get any hospitality. Review this description that

Ulysses gives of this land.
The land of Cyclops first, a savage kind,
Nor tamed by manners, nor by laws confined:
Untaught to plant, to turn the glebe, and sow,
They all their products to free nature owe:
The soll, untill'd, a ready harvest yields,
with wheat and barley wave the golden fields
Spontaneous wines from weighty clusters pour,
And Jove descends in each prolific shower,
By these no statues and no rights are known,
No council held, no monarch fills the throne;
But high on hills, or alry cliffs, they dwell,
Or deep in caves whose entrance leads to hell.
Each rules his race, his neighbour not his care,
Heedless of others, to his own severe.
Based on Ulysses's description of the Cyclops, what kind of civilization do you think the Greeks valued?

User Cricketer
by
3.4k points

1 Answer

6 votes

Answer:

Based on this passage you can infer that the Greeks valued a civilization built on order and government.

Step-by-step explanation:

User CommonKnowledge
by
3.1k points