Read the paraphrase. although i was sad to see my mother’s dead ghost, i didn’t speak with her because i needed to talk to a different ghost. which excerpt from the odyssey - teiresais is this paraphrasing? now came the soul of antikleia, dead, my mother, daughter of autolykos, dead now, though living still when i took ship for holy troy. seeing this ghost i grieved, but held her off, through pang on pang of tears, till i should know the presence of teiresias. soon from the dark that prince of thebes came forward bearing a golden staff; and he addressed me great captain, a fair wind and the honey lights of home are all you seek. but anguish lies ahead

The correct answer is B.

"Seeing this ghost I grieved, but held her off, through pang on pang of tears, till I should know the presence of Teiresias."

In the original sentence, we see that the speaker is desolated because he has seen the ghost of a person that was dear to him, which could possibly be his mother. But he "holds her off", meaning that he did not speak to her because he was waiting to feel the presence of a different ghost: the ghost of Teiresias.

B. Seeing this ghost I grieved, but held her off, through pang on pang of tears, till I should know the presence of Teiresias.

the answer is actually c   i just got done with the test.

d. the two authors are in awe of nature; their experiences, reveal that time in nature can change people.

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