You are odysseus. write a 500-word persuasive letter to zeus asking him for safe passage home. you, odysseus, have had to endure unimaginable crises while attempting to sail home to ithaca. imagine that your last chance to arrive home is to argue your situation and plead with zeus to be merciful and offer his assistance. view the rubric.

Time remaining 59: 46 which central idea should be included in a paraphrase of this excerpt? read the excerpt from the odyssey. out to sea again! ' my men were mutinous, fools, on stores of wine. sheep after sheep they butchered by the surf, and shambling cattle, feasting.-while fugitives went inland, running to call to arms the main force of cicones this was an army, trained to fight on horseback or, where the ground required, on foot. they came with dawn over that terrain like the leaves and blades of spring. so doom appeared to us, dark word of zeus for us, our evil days. the forces sent by cicones to fight odysseus and his men arrived during the early morning hours. odysseus and his men feasted on the animals they slaughtered while on the island of cicones the forces sent by cicones to stop the plundering of odysseus and his men were skilled and powerful odysseus views the forces sent by cicones as punishment from the greek god zeus. mark this and retum save and exit save and exit next sub subunit

Brutus: but as he was ambitious, i slew him. . who is here so base that would be a bondman? if any, speak, for him have i offended. who is here so rude that would not be a roman? if any, speak, for him have i offended. who is here so vile that will not love his country? if any, speak, for him have i offended. i pause for a reply. which rhetorical device does brutus use in this excerpt?

Which statement best describes the use of the underlined word in the excerpts? in excerpt 1, it refers to personal growth, while in excerpt 2, it suggests the physical act of moving. in excerpt 1, it refers to personal growth, while in excerpt 2, it suggests scientific discoveries. in excerpt 1, it refers to societal advancement, while in excerpt 2, it suggests the gradual march of time. in excerpt 1, it refers to societal advancement, while in excerpt 2, it suggests steps toward a particular goal.