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Read the excerpt from Part 3 of The Odyssey by Homer.

so let me tell [Circe’s] forecast: then we die
with our eyes open, if we are going to die,
or know what death we baffle if we can. Sirens
weaving a haunting song over the sea
we are to shun, she said, and their green shore
all sweet with clover; yet she urged that I
alone should listen to their song. Therefore
you are to tie me up, tight as a splint,
erect along the mast, lashed to the mast,
and if I shout and beg to be untied,
take more turns of the rope to muffle me.’

What conclusion about Odysseus (the speaker) is best supported by the excerpt?

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Odysseus is the strongest out of all of the men. He has the strength or restraint and resistance. Without it, all of the men would die.
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