Question

Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.

Which stage of the hero's journey is represented in this
passage?
the return home
This was an army, trained to fight on horseback
or, where the ground required, on foot. They came
with dawn over that terrain like the leaves
and blades of spring. So doom appeared to us,
dark word of Zeus for us, our evil days.
My men stood up and made a fight of it-
backed on the ships, with lances kept in play,
from bright morning through the blaze of noon
so holding our beach, although so far outnumbered;
but when the sun passed toward unyoking time,
then the Achaeans, one by one, gave way.
the road of trials
the transformation
the call to adventure

Answer 1

The road of trials.

Step-by-step explanation:

Homer's epic narrative The Odyssey tells the return journey of the hero Odysseus after the Battle of Troy. The book recounts the whole duration of his decade long journey that took him through many encounters, both with gods and men.

In the given excerpt from Book IX of the text, Odysseus gave an account of him and his men's actions in the land of the Phaeacians. This part of the journey is one of many numerous trials that he and his men will have to go through. So, this particular part of the journey represents the road of trials that they will go through.