‘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.
this was an army, trained to fight on horseback
or, where the ground required, on foot. they came
with dawn over that terrain like the leaves
and blades of spring. so doom appeared to us,
dark word of zeus for us, our evil days.

which central idea should be included in a paraphrase of this excerpt?

a.)the forces sent by cicones to fight odysseus and his men arrived during the early morning hours.
b.)odysseus and his men feasted on the animals they slaughtered while on the island of cicones.
c.)the forces sent by cicones to stop the plundering of odysseus and his men were skilled and powerful.
d.)odysseus views the forces sent by cicones as punishment from the greek god zeus.

The central idea that should be included in a paraphrase of the above excerpt is:

C.)The forces sent by Cicones to stop the plundering of Odysseus and his men were skilled and powerful.

In Book 9 Odysseus tells his stories of wanderings to Phaeacians. He tells him that the wind threw him and his men to Ismarus which was the city of the Cicones. The men lived on the land plundering around for food until the people of Cicones attacked them. Though Odysseus and his men escaped from the land six men from every ship went missing.  

the sample answer on e2020

conflicting values are demonstrated between two different groups in animal farm. first, the farm animals value hard work. this is shown by them working late and working long hours at the request of the pigs. napoleon and the pigs, however, sleep late daily. furthermore, the animals value equality. this differs from the value of napoleon and the other pigs. instead of equality, they value only gaining power and maintaining their own privilege, which is demonstrated by their taking extra milk and sleeping in beds.

the answer is camped