Question

Homer and other Greek writers used a literary technique called in medias res. Choose the item below that best

describes what that Latin phrase means and how it works out in a piece of literature.
It means to intercede between two entities, and Homer uses it in the section where Jove and Neptune are talking about what to do
about the Phaeacians having helped Ulysses.
It means in the middle of a race, and Homer's use of it is obvious when Ulysses and his crew are rowing hard to get away from
Polyphemus.
It means in the center of a kingdom, and it's the technique Homer uses when Ulysses has to travel into the city looking for King
Alcinous's palace.
It means in the middle of things, and Homer uses it in the Odyssey at the beginning of the epic because the story starts after the
Trojan War but before Ulysses gets back home.

Answer 1

It means in the middle of things, and Homer uses it in the Odyssey at the beginning of the epic because the story starts after the Trojan War but before Ulysses gets back home.

Step-by-step explanation:

Media res is a Latin phrase that means a situation where the narration starts in the middle of the story. In simple words, it means when a speaker talks about a story, starting with the middle of the plot but before the ending.

Likewise, Homer used this technique in his epic narrative story The Odyssey when he starts the story after the Trojan War and in the middle of the journey bur before the culmination of the story. Media res allows the middle of the plot to be the starting point and then gradually go back and forth in the narration between the past and the current/ situation.

Thus, the correct answer is the last or fourth option.