which of these excerpts from homer's odyssey indicates the theme of deception?

a) "all hail! ye virgin daughters of the main!
ye streams, beyond my hopes, beheld again!
to you once more your own ulysses bows;
attend his transports, and receive his vows!
if jove prolong my days, and pallas crown
the growing virtues of my youthful son,
to you shall rites divine be ever paid,
and grateful offerings on your altars laid."
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b) "son of laertes! much-experienced man!
the suitor-train thy earliest care demand,
of that luxurious race to rid the land;
three years thy house their lawless rule has seen,
and proud addresses to the matchless queen.
but she thy absence mourns from day to day,
and inly bleeds, and silent wastes away;
elusive of the bridal hour, she gives
fond hopes to all, and all with hopes deceives."


c) "oft have i heard in crete this island's name;
for 'twas from crete, my native soil, i came,
self-banished thence. i sail'd before the wind,
and left my children and my friends behind.
from fierce idomeneus' revenge i flew,
whose son, the swift orsilochus, i slew
(with brutal force he seized my trojan prey,
due to the toils of many a bloody day).
unseen i 'scaped, and favour'd by the night,
in a phoenician vessel took my flight,
for pyle or elis bound; but tempests toss'd
and raging billows drove us on your coast.

The Odyssey is a Greek epic poem formed by 24 parts attributed to Homer, it is considered to be the sequel of the Iliad. It is supposed to have been written in VIII B.C

It narrates the return of the Greek hero Odyssey or Ulises in Roman culture, to his home from the Trojan Wars. The story tells the adventures of Odyssey spending ten years on the war plus ten more years in his return home, at the Ithaca Island. His son Telemachus and his wife Penelope have to withstand a group of men trying to marry Penelope but at the same time consuming the house’s riches. Odyssey finally gets back at his home disguised as an old man so nobody would be suspicious of him and would try to stop him. He kills all the men trying to marry his rightful wife. The best weapon that Odyssey has is his intelligence, courage and the help of the Goddess Athene.

the excerpt from Homer's Odyssey that indicates the theme of deception is:

C) "Oft have I heard in Crete this island's name;

For 'twas from Crete, my native soil, I came,

Self-banished thence. I sail'd before the wind,

And left my children and my friends behind.

From fierce Idomeneus' revenge I flew,

Whose son, the swift Orsilochus, I slew

(With brutal force he seized my Trojan prey,

Due to the toils of many a bloody day).

Unseen I 'scaped, and favour'd by the night,

In a Phoenician vessel took my flight,

For Pyle or Elis bound; but tempests toss'd

And raging billows drove us on your coast.

This section is the part of the story where  Odysseus invents an elaborate story about being a hunted man from Crete who fought in the Trojan War and just escaped a ship of pirates.

Athene, highly amused, reveals her true form and has a hearty laugh. Then she comments that Odysseus is a master liar.

the correct answer is c. analytical reasoning. it is when you analyze the situation to form conclusions.