Read the excerpt from the odyssey.

i shall not see on earth a place more dear,
though i have been detained long by calypso,
loveliest among goddesses, who held me
in her smooth caves, to be her heart's delight,
as circe of aeaea, the enchantress,
desired me, and detained me in her hall.
but in my heart i never gave consent.
where shall a man find sweetness to surpass
his own home and his parents? in far lands
he shall not, though he find a house of gold.

what characteristics of odysseus, the story’s epic hero, are most shown in this excerpt?
a. knowledge and strength
b. confidence and courage
c. leadership and perseverance
d. character and loyalty

The answer is D: character and loyalty.

Odysseus is one of the most complex and deep characters ever portrayed in literature. Out of all the characteristics that define him, some of them even contradictory, like ingenuity, ferocity, perspicacity, and arrogance, two of them can be said to stand out as stable and genuine, and those are character and loyalty, especially when it comes to his determination to return to his home, to his father (who is dead by the time he returns), and his wife, Penelope.    

he is suggesting that this widow is a strong woman, who is giving constructive criticism and she has enough to worry about, and she takes care of him, so he does not take it to heart.