Read the excerpt from Part 2 of The Odyssey by Homer.

I would not heed them in my glorying spirit,

but let my anger flare and yelled:

'Cyclops,

if ever mortal man inquire

how you were put to shame and blinded, tell him

Odysseus, raider of cities, took your eye:

Laertes' son, whose home's on Ithaca!'

This excerpt best supports the conclusion that Odysseus is

frustrated.

proud.

violent.

sympathetic.

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Jensen King

11 September, 12:07

Read the excerpt from Part 2 of The Odyssey by Homer.

I would not heed them in my glorying spirit,

but let my anger flare and yelled:

'Cyclops,

if ever mortal man inquire

how you were put to shame and blinded, tell him

Odysseus, raider of cities, took your eye:

Laertes' son, whose home's on Ithaca!'

This excerpt best supports the conclusion that Odysseus is

frustrated.

proud.

violent.

sympathetic.

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Fletcher Clark · Answer 1

It would be B proud because he says if ever mortal man inquire

how you were put to shame and blinded, tell him

Odysseus, raider of cities, took your eye:

Laertes' son, whose home's on Ithaca!' and he is being very prideful and is wanting the cyclops to spread his name and make others fear him