Read the excerpt below from the play antigone by sophocles and complete the instruction that follows.
chorus:
if he treats his country's laws with due respect
and honors justice by swearing on the gods,
he wins high honors in his city.
explain what this passage reveals about the values of the ancient greek people.

What is the meaning of each underlined word in these excerpts from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift? i think it is agreed by all parties, that this prodigious number of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of their mothers, and frequently of their fathers, is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap and easy method of making these children sound and useful members of the common-wealth, would deserve so well of the publick, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. the word prodigious means . the word desponding means .

The reader can conclude that the passage is part of an epic poem because rama

What is most likely the speaker's intent in this excerpt from the speech "solitude of self" by elizabeth cady stanton?