What is the author's purpose in choosing to use the word "self-possessed" three times in the story (Paragraphs 1, 8, and 14)?

Summarize the article. be sure to cover the pros and cons of the four methods of waste management

At last it was settled by lot that zeus should reign supreme in heaven, whilst aides governed the lower world, and poseidon had full command over the sea, but the supremacy of zeus was recognized in all three kingdoms, in heaven, on earth (in which of course the sea was included), and under the earth. zeus held his court on the top of mount olympus, whose summit was beyond the clouds; the dominions of aides were the gloomy unknown regions below the earth; and poseidon reigned over the sea. what element of a myth does this excerpt contain? an example of an historical event a lesson about human behavior an explanation of an event in nature a story about gods or goddesses

Which type of story uses animals as characters in order to illustrate a general truth about human nature?