Who says the following and why? "here on the spot he'd meet a humiliating end if he fought against such odds. you're talking nonsense—idiocy." * telemachus is telling eurynomous what will happen if the suitors don't leave. antinous is telling telemachus what will happen if he stands up to the suitors. mentor is telling the assembly what will happen to telemachus without their . leocritus is telling the assembly what will happen if odysseus comes back.

Option D. In the quote provided in the question, Leocritus is telling the assembly what will happen if Odysseus comes back.

Explanation:

In book 2 of "The Odyssey", Telemachus asks the heralds to summon the people of Ithaca into an assembly in order to describe the damage that The Suitors are perpetrating in his household and asks the audience to help him get rid of them. At the mention of Odysseus and his possible return to Ithaca, and how him returning home would be the end of all the devastation, Leocritus says" Here on the spot he'd meet a humiliating end if he fought against such odds. You're talking nonsense." He is telling the assembly that even if Odysseus returns, Penelope would have no joy in seeing him, and the Suitors would kill him easily as it would be many against one.

dickinson punctuation and lines in her poems to establish a rhythm. each reader will naturally find themselves reading the poem in the same way. she uses the repeating question marks and exclamation points to convey the passion in her words. shelley uses punctuation to paint a picture in the reader's mind. for example, the ellipses after "stand in the dessert" evoke a silence, as it would feel in a deserted, old place.

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