Read this excerpt from Book 21 of The Odyssey, in which Odysseus responds to the swineherd and Philoetius, and answer the question. “I am home, for I am he, I bore adversities, but in the twentieth year I am ashore in my own land, I find the two of you, alone among my people, longed for my coming. Prayers I never heard except your own that I might come again.

” What does the word adversities suggest?

hostile messages delivered to enrage enemies

extremely unfavourable events that cause hardship

important evidence used to defend against enemies

helpful predictions about events one may experience