Recall that an epic simile is an elaborate simile that extends for several lines and can refer to an entire place or story. Reread lines 1289–1297 of the Odyssey, Part 2 below. Describe the comparison Odysseus is making in this simile. What does it help communicate about Odysseus’s feelings toward Penelope? Why do you think he uses this simile? How does this epic simile reflect the values and culture of ancient Greece?

in 1803 the louisiana purchase took place, doubling the size of the country. by 1840 almost 7 million americans had migrated westward in hopes of securing land and being prosperous. the belief that settlers were destined to expand to the west is often referred to as manifest destiny.

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the treaty of brest-litovsk was a peace treaty signed on 3 march 1918 between the new bolshevik government of russia and the central powers (german empire, austria-hungary, bulgaria, and the ottoman empire), that ended russia's participation in world war i.

on november 6 and 7, 1917 (or october 24 and 25 on the julian calendar, which is why the event is often referred to as the october revolution), leftist revolutionaries led by bolshevik party leader vladimir lenin launched a nearly bloodless coup d'état against the duma's provisional government.