Which of the following statements from The Odyssey best supports the statement: "Ulysses is not a hero?"

"As for myself I kept on puzzling to think how I could best save my own life and those of my companions; I schemed and schemed, as one who knows that his life depends upon it, for the danger was very great."

It would have been indeed better if we had done so but I would not listen to them, for I wanted to see the owner himself, in the hope that he might give me a present.

"'Stay here, my brave fellows,' said I, 'all the rest of you, while I go with my ship and exploit these people myself:"

The goddess Calypso kept me with her in her cave, and wanted me to marry her, as did also the cunning Aeaean goddess Circe; but they could neither of them persuade me, for there is nothing dearer to a man than his own country and his parents ...

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Esmeralda Mathews

5 February, 09:03

Which of the following statements from The Odyssey best supports the statement: "Ulysses is not a hero?"

"As for myself I kept on puzzling to think how I could best save my own life and those of my companions; I schemed and schemed, as one who knows that his life depends upon it, for the danger was very great."

It would have been indeed better if we had done so but I would not listen to them, for I wanted to see the owner himself, in the hope that he might give me a present.

"'Stay here, my brave fellows,' said I, 'all the rest of you, while I go with my ship and exploit these people myself:"

The goddess Calypso kept me with her in her cave, and wanted me to marry her, as did also the cunning Aeaean goddess Circe; but they could neither of them persuade me, for there is nothing dearer to a man than his own country and his parents ...

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Christine Medina · Answer 1

I think it "The goddess Calypso kept me with her in her cave, and wanted me to marry her, as did also the cunning Aeaean goddess Circe; but they could neither of them persuade me, for there is nothing dearer to a man than his own country and his parents ..."