Question

Read the excerpt from Part 2 of The Odyssey.

A prodigious man

slept in this cave alone, and took his flocks
to graze afield—remote from all companions,
knowing none but savage ways, a brute
so huge, [The cyclops] seemed no man at all of those
who eat good wheaten bread; but he seemed rather
a shaggy mountain reared in solitude.

What does the metaphor add to the passage? Choose two answers.

a description of the Cyclops’ eating habits
a comparison between the Cyclops and a large land form
an illustration of the Cyclops’ cave
a visual image of the Cyclops’ size
a comparison between the Cyclops and Odysseus

Answer 1

Answer: A visual image of the Cyclops’ size

Step-by-step explanation:

If you look closely it is is describing how big he is in paragraph 3.