Question

Read the excerpt from The Odyssey. Plunder we took, and we enslaved the women, to make division, equal shares to all— but on the spot I told them: 'Back, and quickly! Out to sea again!' My men were mutinous, fools, on stores of wine. Sheep after sheep they butchered by the surf, and shambling cattle, feasting,—while fugitives went inland, running to call to arms the main force of Cicones. Which is the most effective paraphrase of this excerpt?

Answer 1

Hi!

I don't know what your answers are, but I can suggest one paraphrase, maybe one of your options was similar to it:

Soldiers must always be wary of a potential attack from the enemies.

This paraphrase is fitting because while the soldiers felt that they've already won, they were going to be attacked again.

Answer 2

Answer:

The men continued their acts of greed despite Odysseus’s commands to stop and return to the ship, and the fugitives of Cicones ran inland to fetch help. this is the correct answer.

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