Read the excerpt from The Odyssey. Treated as rubbish now, he lay at last upon a mass of dung before the gates - manure of mules and cows, piled there until fieldhands could spread it on the king's estate. Abandoned there, and half destroyed with flies, old Argus lay. What functions as a symbol in this excerpt? a mule the king Odysseus Argus

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Karissa Woodward

15 August, 08:05

Read the excerpt from The Odyssey. Treated as rubbish now, he lay at last upon a mass of dung before the gates - manure of mules and cows, piled there until fieldhands could spread it on the king's estate. Abandoned there, and half destroyed with flies, old Argus lay. What functions as a symbol in this excerpt? a mule the king Odysseus Argus

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Kaleb Brennan · Answer 1

Argus became slave, as his master Odysseus was gone. He was neglected and maltreated but despite of these, he remain hopeful that he will see his master before he took his last breath. Moreover, the faithfulness and loyalty of the dog symbolizes the love and the simple relationship of Odysseus and Argus.