Read this excerpt from book 24 of homer's odyssey, and then complete the sentences.
then thus the son: "from alybas i came,
my palace there; eperitus my name
not vulgar born: from aphidas, the king
of polyphemon's royal line, i spring.
some adverse demon from sicania bore
our wandering course, and drove us on your shore;
far from the town, an unfrequented bay
relieved our wearied vessel from the sea.
five years have circled since these eyes pursued
ulysses parting through the sable flood:
prosperous he sail'd, with dexter auguries,
and all the wing'd good omens of the skies.
well hoped we then to meet on this fair shore,
whom heaven, alas! decreed to meet no more."

this excerpt depicts the theme of . piety, deception cunning

ulysses tests the loyalty of . laertes, penelope, telemachus

An effective thesis statement will reflect . . 1) possible weaknesses in your own argument. 2) possible weaknesses in your opponent's argument. 3) the type of document--or genre--you plan to write. 4) your attitudes about aquatic mammals

How does the dialogue between henry and his friends? “californians tale”

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky